interpolate
🇬🇧 UK/in'tә:pәuleit/🇺🇸 US
GREC1
Definitions
v.
To insert additional or foreign words into a text; to estimate a value between two known data points.
在文本中插入(词句);(数学)内插,插值
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedExample Sentences
- 1.
The author would interpolate her own commentary into the historical text without clear demarcation.
- 2.
Statisticians use interpolation to estimate values that fall between observed data points.
- 3.
The ancient manuscript shows signs that scribes may have interpolated later passages.