Interpolation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From French interpolation, from Latin interpolatio.

Full definition of interpolation

Noun

1. (music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
2. (mathematics, science) the process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
3. (computing) The process of including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program; see interpolate.
4. That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.Bentley wrote a letter ... upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand. — De Quincey.

Related terms

• interpolate

Synonyms

• (including and processing externally-fetched data) transclusion