extrapolate

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Pronunciation

/ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/(UK)

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/ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/(UK) · /ɪk-/(UK) · /ekˈstɹæp.əˌlæɪt/ · /ekʂʈrɑ poleːʈ/ · /ekʂʈræːpoleːʈ/

Definition of extrapolate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To infer by extending known information.

“With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]”

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verb

(transitive)To infer by extending known information.

“With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]”
(transitive)To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones

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From extra- + (inter)polate.

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