interpolation

About 2.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
2. noun The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
3. noun The process of interpolating: including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program.
4. noun That which is introduced or inserted; in contexts of content analysis of centuries-old texts, especially something foreign or spurious.

   Today a widely established convention encloses all editorial interpolations in square brackets [like so] for clarity.

5. noun The use of a melody from a previously recorded song, but recreated rather than sampled from that recording.

Similar words

interjection interposition interleaving dither altitude intercalation introduction addition inclusion insertion

Often followed by

of is between and in method from functions to

Word family

interpolations