Associations to the word «Extrapolation»
Noun
- Intake
- Concentration
- Premise
- Probability
- Notion
- Validity
- Specie
- Temperature
- Threshold
- Interpretation
- Transformation
- Assessment
- Technique
- Chromosome
- Experiment
- Optimization
- Quinn
- Implication
- Genes
- Variable
- Filter
- Observation
- Dependence
- Caution
- Science
- Evolution
- Yield
- Sequence
- Determination
- Domain
- Theory
- Basis
- Cal
- Construct
- Factor
- Mixture
- Future
- Equilibrium
- Darwin
- Volcano
- Difference
- Effect
- Behavior
- Laboratory
- Limit
- Civilization
- Reality
- Axis
- Function
- Hazard
- Figure
- Physics
- Antenna
- Identification
- Growth
Adjective
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.