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extrapolation - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

extrapolation (countable and uncountable, plural extrapolations)

• (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
• An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
  • ✤ Casting further doubt on Kerner’s extrapolations from Gebhard’s data, it’s unclear what happened during those 21 minutes of foreplay. Blow jobs? Kissing? Role-playing? We don’t know.¹
• (music) The diametric opposite of interpolation.

Etymology

Morphologically extrapolate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ɛkˌstɹæp.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ɪk-/
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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Footnotes

1. 2018, Suzannah Weiss, The Establishment, What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm’ Statistic Says About Gender Bias ‎${}^{[1]}$: ↩

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