extrapolate
pronunciation
How to pronounce extrapolate in British English:
UK [ɪkˈstræpəleɪt]
How to pronounce extrapolate in American English:
US [ɪkˈstræpəˌlet]
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- Verb:
- draw from specific cases for more general cases
- estimate the value of
- gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating
Word Origin
- extrapolate (v.)
- 1862 (in a Harvard observatory account of the comet of 1858), from extra- + ending from interpolate. Said in early references to be a characteristic word of Sir George Airy (1801-1892), English mathematician and astronomer. Related: Extrapolated; extrapolating.
Example
- 1. Researchers have therefore tended to extrapolate from these few results by using various computer models .
- 2. You can 't extrapolate from past behaviour , which is what charts and models do , because that behaviour is changing .
- 3. I take research and knowledge about the brain , the visual system , memory , and motivation and extrapolate ux design principles from that .
- 4. " Large fractions of these students demonstrate their ability to extrapolate from what they know and apply their knowledge very creatively in novel situations , " he said .
- 5. We don 't have any special insider information for the exact dates the iphone 5 will be launched but we have a pretty good understanding of how apple operates and that helps us extrapolate what is to come .