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interpolate Definition

in·ter·po·late (in tʉr′pə lāt′)

transitive verb -·lat′ed, -·lat′·ing

  1. to alter, enlarge, or corrupt (a book or manuscript, etc.) by putting in new words, subject matter, etc.
  2. to insert between or among others; specif., to insert (a word or words) in a text
  3. Math. to estimate (a missing functional value) by taking a weighted average of known functional values at neighboring points, as in estimating a specific, missing intermediate value on a table, esp. a logarithmic or trigonometric table

Etymology: < L interpolatus, pp. of interpolare, to polish, dress up, corrupt < interpolis, altered by furbishing, repaired < inter-, between + polire, to polish

intransitive verb

to make interpolations

interpolate Related Forms
in·ter′·po·lat′er noun or in·ter′·po·la′·tor in·ter′·po·la′·tion noun in·ter′·po·la′·tive adjective
interpolate Synonyms

interpolate

v.

insert, inject, introduce, add; see include 2, interject.

interpolate Usage Examples

Object

  • variable: A dollar anywhere else in the string makes perl try and interpolate a variable.
  • surface: These methods only work when all samples can be regarded as being equally representative of the interpolated surface.
  • value: The data can either be removed completely or replaced with an interpolated value.
  • datum: You may also use the interpolated surface data in any other program which can accept it.
  • resolution: The artificial interpolated resolution is not of much importance.
  • function: There are various ways of interpolating a function between its stored values.

Preposition: between

  • value: The time stamp for each word is interpolated between these values and the text and time information are indexed by the search software.
  • point: A calibration spectrum can then be generated by interpolating between the points of the calibration spectrum.

Preposition: into

  • string: They may only be used as separate tokens; they will not be interpolated into strings.
  • text: Some scholars are of the opinion that the Gita was composed relatively recently and later interpolated into the text.

Modifying Another Word

  • linearly: QUALITY is not derived from the input NDF for a linearly interpolated NDF.
  • then: These points are then interpolated to create a Digital Surface Model.
  • not: It always succeeds, and its code is not interpolated.
  • here: I prefer to regard them as interpolated here in order to form an antecedent to the following words.
  • directly: Primary variables are interpolated directly from station time-series: precipitation, mean temperature and diurnal temperature range.
  • manually: Small gaps in the data download have been interpolated manually.

Infinitive complement

  • find: You can interpolate to find the peak of the correlation, but this is only one sample from a distribution.
  • create: These points are then interpolated to create a Digital Surface Model.

Preposition: from

  • datum: The missing monthly data have been interpolated from quarterly data.
  • section: The description of Wastwater is interpolated from another section of the book.