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ex·trap·o·late

Audio Help [ik-strap-uh-leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture.

2.	Statistics. to estimate (the value of a variable) outside the tabulated or observed range.

3.	Mathematics. to estimate (a function that is known over a range of values of its independent variable) to values outside the known range.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to perform extrapolation.

[Origin: 1825–35; extra- + (inter)polate

]

—Related forms

ex·trap·o·la·tion, noun

ex·trap·o·la·tive, ex·trap·o·la·to·ry

Audio Help [ik-strap-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective

ex·trap·o·la·tor, noun

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ex·trap·o·late Audio Help   (ĭk-strāp'ə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   ex·trap·o·lat·ed, ex·trap·o·lat·ing, ex·trap·o·lates

v.   tr.

To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information.
Mathematics To estimate (a value of a variable outside a known range) from values within a known range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known values.

v. intr.
To engage in the process of extrapolating.

[extra- + (inter)polate.]

ex·trap'o·la'tion n., ex·trap'o·la'tive adj., ex·trap'o·la'tor n.

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extrapolate
verb
1.	draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: generalize]
2.	estimate the value of [syn: interpolate]
3.	gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating

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