'Interpolation' definitions:
Definition of 'interpolation'
From: WordNet
noun
A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins" [syn: interpolation, insertion]
noun
(mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
noun
The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts [syn: interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation]
Definition of 'Interpolation'
From: GCIDE
- Interpolation \In*ter`po*la"tion\, n. [L. interpolatio an alteration made here and there: cf. F. interpolation.]
- 1. The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious. [1913 Webster]
- Bentley wrote a letter . . . . upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Math.) The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'interpolation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addition,
- affix,
- allonge,
- appendix,
- approximation,
- aside,
- cadenza,
- coda,
- codicil,
- commentary,
- differentiation,
- division,
- embedment,
- enclitic,
- entrance,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- episode,
- equation,
- evolution,
- extempore,
- extrapolation,
- flourish,
- graft,
- grafting,
- hot lick,
- impaction,
- impactment,
- implantation,
- impromptu,
- improvisation,
- infix,
- infixion,
- infusion,
- injection,
- inoculation,
- insert,
- insertion,
- insinuation,
- integration,
- intercalation,
- interjection,
- interlineation,
- interlocution,
- introduction,
- intromission,
- inversion,
- involution,
- lick,
- marginalia,
- multiplication,
- notation,
- note,
- obiter dictum,
- parenthesis,
- penetration,
- perfusion,
- postscript,
- practice,
- prefix,
- proclitic,
- proportion,
- reduction,
- remark,
- rider,
- riff,
- scholia,
- side remark,
- subtraction,
- suffix,
- tail,
- tessellation,
- tossing-in,
- transformation,
- transplant,
- transplantation,
- vamp