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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-derived
interbetween, among
+
polto polish, refine; to estimate
+
ateto make, having
=interpolate

Example 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.

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