extrapolation
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
calculation of an estimate
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inference
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French
Noun
extrapolation f (plural extrapolations)
Further reading
- “extrapolation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Noun
extrapolation c
- an extrapolation; inference of a hypothetical situation.
Declension
| Declension of extrapolation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | extrapolation | extrapolationen | extrapolationer | extrapolationerna |
| Genitive | extrapolations | extrapolationens | extrapolationers | extrapolationernas |
See also
- extrapolera
- extrapolering
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