Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To infer by extending known information.

    extrapolieren, erschließen, hochrechnen

    экстраполи́роватьekstrapolírovatʹ

    екстраполюва́тиekstrapoljuváty

  2. (transitive)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

    extrapolieren

    экстраполи́роватьekstrapolírovatʹ

    екстраполюва́тиekstrapoljuváty

    estimate the value of something based on known values

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Most of the words are faded, but it's still possible to extrapolate the meaning from these sentences.

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  2. It is used under the condition with spatial gradient field of 72 T/m (value extrapolated) and less.

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  3. He says further studies are needed to determine to what extent these findings can be extrapolated to other areas in Africa.

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  4. Her grandfather extrapolated an isolated incident at a grocery store into a series of sweeping, unflattering generalizations about every Mexican on earth.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to infer by extending known information:
Русский
By meaning 1
to infer by extending known information:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to infer by extending known information:

Forms

extrapolates, extrapolating, extrapolated, extrapolated
Base formextrapolate · to extrapolate
3rd person singularextrapolates
Present participleextrapolating
Past simpleextrapolated
Past participleextrapolated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyextrapolate
he, she, itextrapolates

Past simpleLesson

all personsextrapolated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave extrapolated
he, she, ithas extrapolated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill extrapolate

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
mathematics:interpolate

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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