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Definition: Interpolate |
InterpolateVerb1. Estimate the value of; in mathematics. 2. Insert words into texts. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "interpolate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Interpolate \In*ter"po*late\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Interpolated; present participle verb or noun Interpolating.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Geological | To insert a value between known values by using a procedure or algorithm specifically related to the known values. (references) |
Literature | Interpolate (4 syl.). For two or more persons to polish up something between them. Metaphorically, to insert spurious matter in a book or document; to gag. (Latin, inter polio, to polish.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Interpolation is used to approximate a function for which we only know values for a discrete set of values of the independent variable. For example, suppose we have a table like
x f(x) - ---- 1 1 2 4 3 9 4 16 5 25We immediately recognize that f(x) can be fit precisely by the function x2 but in general this is not the case when we want to interpolate. Suppose we would like the value of f(x) which corresponds to x = 1.7. The simplest method is linear interpolation between the values for x = 1 and x = 2:
See also:
- Polynomial interpolation
- Spline interpolation
- Bilinear interpolation
- Curve fitting
- Pareto interpolation
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Interpolation."
Synonyms: InterpolateSynonyms: alter (v), extrapolate (v), falsify (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Interposition | Put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in; interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in; let in, dovetail, splice, mortise; insinuate, smuggle; infiltrate, ingrain. |
Mixture | Verb: mix; join; combine; commix, immix, intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle, bemingle; shuffle; (derange); pound together; hash up, stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard; (interpolate); intertwine, interweave; associate with; miscegenate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Interpolate |
| English words defined with "interpolate": Interpolated, Interpolating ♦ spatchcock. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "interpolate": Nyquist Theorem. (references) |
| "Interpolate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 72.73% of the time. "Interpolate" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 72.73% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 27.27% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "interpolate": to interpolate. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
interpolate | 26 |
interpolate log log | 4 |
interpolate tribe | 3 |
2 interpolate tribe | 3 |
excel interpolate | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "interpolate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ndërshtie, fut (accept, cram into, drive, drive in, embed, engrain, enter, establish, foot, hide, insert, intercalate, introduce, launch, let in, mix in, move in, number, plunge, poke, pour into, put, put in the picture, put smb. wise to smth., set, speak, stick into, stock up, stuff, submerge, take on, thrust, tuck, usher in), fus (accept for, Bury, cram into, drive, embroil, enclose, engrain, enter, get in, inclose, introduce, launch, mix in, pack, plunge, poke, pour into, press in, put, put in the picture, set, shove, speak, stick into, stock up, stuff, work in). (various references) | |
Arabic | ولد (baby, bear, beget, born, boy, breed, bring forth, deliver, engender, fall, father, generate, germinate, give birth, infant, junior, kid, lad, mother, originate, produce, see the light, sire, son, spawn), إستوفى, أقحم (infix, inset, interject, nuzzle, poke, squeeze, stab, stick, stuff, thrust, wedge, work in, wring), دس (foist, insinuate, insinuation, interpolation, machinate, palm off, put into, tuck, work in). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вмъквам (bring, bring in, inject, insert, inset, interject, interpose, parenthesize, put in, run in, slip, throw in, weave, work, work in), намирам средна величина, прибавям (add, add in, add on, admix, affix, append, eke out, join, put in, stick in, superadd, supplement, tack, tag, tail, tail on, take on, throw in), интерполирам. (various references) | |
Chinese | 内' (Interpolated, Interpolating). (various references) | |
Czech | interpolovat. (various references) | |
Danish | interpolere (to interpolate), at interpolere (to interpolate). (various references) | |
Dutch | interpoleren (to interpolate). (various references) | |
Farsi | داخل کردن (Incorporate, Ingratiate, Insert, Insinuate), درمیان عبارات دیگرجادادن . (various references) | |
Finnish | interpoloida (to interpolate). (various references) | |
French | interpoler (fit in). (various references) | |
German | einschalten (bring in, bring into, call in, cut in, enable, energize, include, inset, intercalate, plug, power up, put on, switch on, to enable, to energize, to interpolate, to switch on, tune in to, turn on). (various references) | |
Greek | παρεισάγω (foist), παρεμβάλλω (come in between, insert, interject, interpose), αντιπαρεμβάλλω. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשרבב לתוך, לקרוא קריאות בי ים (heckle, interrupt). (various references) | |
Hungarian | interpolál (to interpolate), közbeszúr. (various references) | |
Italian | interpolare (to interpolate, to smooth, to smoothe). (various references) | |
Korean | 보간하십시". (various references) | |
Manx | cur stiagh screeuyn, cur stiagh fockle (interpolation). (various references) | |
Norwegian | interpolere, innskyte. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | interpolateay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | interpolar (gag, intersperse), intercalar (insert, inset, intercalary, intercalate, intersperse, put in). (various references) | |
Romanian | introduce (admit, bring in, denizen, drive, enter, establish, Herald, infix, insert, introduce, make, mix in, offer, phase, phase in, precede, present, put in, set, slip in, tender, usher), interpola, intercala (inlay, insert, intercalate, interject), insera (insert, inset, work in), face interpolãri. (various references) | |
Russian | интерполировать. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | interpolirati, umetnuti (infix, inlay, insert, intercalate, interpose, parenthesize, put in, sandwich, spatchcock, stick in). (various references) | |
Spanish | interpolar (to interpolate). (various references) | |
Swedish | inskjuta (interpose). (various references) | |
Turkish | katmak (add, adjoin, affiliate, ally, annex, append, include, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, join, load, mingle, mix, number, put in, run in, superadd, tack, tinge, weave), eklemek (add, adjoin, affix, annex, append, attach, insert, interlard, join, join together, joint, link, link up, piece, put in, put on, put to, run in, slap on, splice, subjoin, suffix, superimpose, supplement, tack, throw in, write in), arasına sokmak, ara değerini hesaplamak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | інтерполювати, вставляти слова. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "interpolate": interpolated, interpolates. (additional references) | |
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"Interpolate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: interpolater, interporate, interprolate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "interpolate" (pronounced i'ter"pulā't) |
| 5 | -p u l ā' t | extrapolate. |
| 4 | -u l ā' t | annihilate, articulate, accumulate, adulate, assimilate, calculate, circulate, coagulate, congratulate, copulate, correlate, depopulate, distillate, emulate, encapsulate, escalate, flagellate, formulate, gastrulate, inoculate, insulate, isolate, lanceolate, manipulate, miscalculate, mutilate, oscillate, overregulate, percolate, populate, postulate, recalculate, recapitulate, reformulate, regulate, reregulate, simulate, speculate, stimulate, stipulate, strangulate, tabulate, titillate, undulate, vacillate, ventilate. |
| 3 | -l ā' t | angulate, boilerplate, breastplate, capitulate, contemplate, ejaculate, electroplate, legislate, nameplate. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-n-o-p-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: peritoneal. | |
-2 letters: interlope, natrolite, orientate, patienter, peritonea, petiolate, potential, repletion, terpineol. | |
-3 letters: aerolite, antelope, antipole, aperient, atropine, elaterin, entailer, entrepot, etiolate, interlap, laterite, leporine, literate, nettlier, operetta, oriental, patentor, pearlite, pelorian, perineal, peroneal, petaline, petiolar, petronel, plottier, relation, tapeline, teleport, tenorite, terpinol, tinplate, toeplate, tolerant, tolerate, trapline, treenail, triplane, triptane, trotline. | |
-4 letters: aileron, aliener. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-n-o-p-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: interpolated, interpolates, repetitional. | |
+2 letters: interpellator, interpolative, septentrional, teleportation. | |
+3 letters: electroplating, interpellation, interpellators, presentational, teleportations. | |
+4 letters: complementarity, interpellations, intraperitoneal, plenipotentiary, retroperitoneal. | |
+5 letters: compartmentalise, compartmentalize, hyperventilation, interoperability, interpretational, overexploitation, postexperimental, postpresidential, representational. | |
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