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Definition of Interpolate

1. Verb. Estimate the value of.

2. Verb. Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby.

Definition of Interpolate

1. v. t. To renew; to carry on with intermission.

Definition of Interpolate

1. Verb. (mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated. ¹

2. Verb. (computing) During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To introduce (material) to change the meaning of or falsify a text. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interpolate

1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Medical Definition of Interpolate

1. 1. To renew; to carry on with intermission. "Motion . . . Partly continued and unintermitted, . . . Partly interpolated and interrupted." (Sir M. Hale) 2. To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author. "How strangely Ignatius is mangled and interpolated, you may see by the vast difference of all copies and editions." (Bp. Barlow) "The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some think, interpolated by him for that purpose." (Pope) 3. To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the series. Origin: L. Interpolatus, p. P. Of interpolare to form anew, to interpolate, fr. Interpolus, interpolis, falsified, vamped up, polished up; inter between + polire to polish. See Polish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interpolate

interpled interpledge interpledged interpledges interpledging interpleural space interploidy interpluvial interpoint interpointed

interpointing interpoints interpolable interpolant interpolants interpolate (current term) interpolated interpolated extrasystole interpolated flap interpolates

interpolating interpolation interpolations interpolative interpolator interpolators interpolymer interpolymeric interpolymers interponent

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