EXTRAPOLATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does extrapolation mean?
• EXTRAPOLATION (noun)
The noun EXTRAPOLATION has 2 senses:
1. (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values
2. an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations
Familiarity information: EXTRAPOLATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXTRAPOLATION (noun)
Meaning:
(mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("extrapolation" is a kind of...):
calculation; computation; figuring; reckoning (problem solving that involves numbers or quantities)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Meaning:
An inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("extrapolation" is a kind of...):
illation; inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)
"Never, Never... allow anyone to persuade you to suspend your common sense." (English proverb)
"Who has no heart, has no heels." (Albanian proverb)
"The wound that bleeds inwardly is the most dangerous." (Arabic proverb)
"He whom the shoe fits should put it on." (Dutch proverb)
