extrapolation

Morphologically extrapolate +‎ -ion

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

extrapolation (countable and uncountable, plural extrapolations)

1. (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
2. An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
   • 2018, Suzannah Weiss, The Establishment, What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm’ Statistic Says About Gender Bias‎^[1]:

     Casting further doubt on Kerner’s extrapolations from Gebhard’s data, it’s unclear what happened during those 21 minutes of foreplay. Blow jobs? Kissing? Role-playing? We don’t know.

3. (music) The diametric opposite of interpolation.

• extrapolative
• extrapolatory
• interpolation

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extrapolation f (plural extrapolations)

1. extrapolation

• “extrapolation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

extrapolation c

1. an extrapolation; inference of a hypothetical situation.

• extrapolera
• extrapolering