• Interpolate

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ɪn.ˈtÉœr.pÉ™.ËŒleɪt/
    • Homophones: interpellate some pronunciations

    Full definition of interpolate

    Verb

    1. (transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert words into a text.in verse 74, the second line is clearly interpolated
    2. (mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated.
    3. (computing) During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.
      • Joseph F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff User's manualA macro is invoked in the same way as a request; a control line beginning .xx will interpolate the contents of macro xx.
      • Larry Wall, , and , , 3rd Edition, 2000, p. 992.In Perl, variable interpolation happens in double-quoted strings and patterns, and list interpolation occurs when constructing the list of values to pass to a list operator or other such construct that takes a LIST.

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