Associations to the word «Interpolation»

Wiktionary

INTERPOLATION, noun. (music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
INTERPOLATION, noun. (mathematics) (science) the process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
INTERPOLATION, noun. (computing) The process of including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program; see interpolate.
INTERPOLATION, noun. That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.

Dictionary definition

INTERPOLATION, noun. A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins".
INTERPOLATION, noun. (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known.
INTERPOLATION, noun. The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky