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ex·trap·o·late    Audio Help   [ik-strap-uh-leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture.
2.Statistics. to estimate (the value of a variable) outside the tabulated or observed range.
3.Mathematics. to estimate (a function that is known over a range of values of its independent variable) to values outside the known range.
–verb (used without object)
4.to perform extrapolation.
[Origin: 1825–35; extra- + (inter)polate]

—Related forms
ex·trap·o·la·tion, noun
ex·trap·o·la·tive, ex·trap·o·la·to·ry    Audio Help   [ik-strap-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective
ex·trap·o·la·tor, noun
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