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extrapolate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | generalise, generalize, infer |
| Type of | conclude, reason, reason out |
| Has types | overgeneralize, universalize, universalise, overgeneralise |
| Derivation | extrapolation |
Examples of extrapolate
extrapolate
From that springs our ability to process, extrapolate, debate, reason, conclude.
From the chron.com
Still, looking at Canada, we can extrapolate a few things for the United States.
From the economist.com
They use this number to extrapolate how much you're betting during your session.
From the sfgate.com
Our muscle memory impels us to extrapolate a few bad data points into a debacle.
From the newsweek.com
It would also be a mistake to extrapolate this answer for much younger children.
From the washingtonpost.com
And the data are too noisy to allow one to extrapolate forward very well either.
From the newscientist.com
So they extrapolate backward to create very rough estimates of low-level risks.
From the sacbee.com
A good finish at Martinsville doesn't extrapolate to a good finish anywhere else.
From the sportingnews.com
Extrapolate that on a global scale and the industry will have its magic bullet.
From the forbes.com
- Generalize: draw from specific cases for more general cases
- Interpolate: estimate the value of
- Gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating
- (extrapolation) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values
- (extrapolation) an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations
- In mathematics, extrapolation is the process of constructing new data points outside a discrete set of known data points. ...
- (Extrapolation (album)) Extrapolation is the debut album by Jazz guitarist John McLaughlin. It was recorded at Advision Studios in London on January 18, 1969 and first released later that year by Giorgio Gomelsky's Marmalade Records.
- (Extrapolation (magazine)) Extrapolation is an American academic journal covering speculative fiction. It was founded in 1959 by Thomas D. Clareson and was initially published at the College of Wooster. In 1979 it moved to the Kent State University Press. ...
- To infer by extending known information; To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones
