Associations to the word «Extrapolation»

Wiktionary

EXTRAPOLATION, noun. (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
EXTRAPOLATION, noun. An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.

Dictionary definition

EXTRAPOLATION, noun. (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values.
EXTRAPOLATION, noun. An inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats