interpolation

Meanings

Plural: interpolations

Noun

• a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
  • "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"
• (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
• the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
• An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
• The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
• The process of interpolating: including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program.
• That which is introduced or inserted; in contexts of content analysis of centuries-old texts, especially something foreign or spurious.
• The use of a melody from a previously recorded song, but recreated rather than sampled from that recording.

Synonyms

insertion, interjection, interpellation, interposition, transclusion

Related Words

interpolary, interpolate