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interpolate

in·ter·po·late [ in túrpə làyt ] (past and past participle in·ter·po·lat·ed, present participle in·ter·po·lat·ing, 3rd person present singular in·ter·po·lates)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb insert something into something else: to add one thing, often an unnecessary item, between the existing parts of something else

2. transitive verb alter text: to alter or deliberately falsify a text by adding a comment or extra words to it

3. transitive and intransitive verb interrupt by saying something: to say something that interrupts what somebody else is saying

4. transitive verb mathematics estimate value of mathematical function: to estimate the value of a mathematical function that lies between known values, often by means of a graph

[Early 17th century. < Latin interpolat-, past participle of interpolare "polish up"]

in·ter·po·la·tion [ in tùrpə láysh'n ] noun
in·ter·po·la·tive [ in túrpə làytiv ] adjective
in·ter·po·la·tor [ in túrpə làytər ] noun
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