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extrapolations

extrapolations is the plural of extrapolation.

Meaning of extrapolation

Noun

extrapolation (countable and uncountable, plural extrapolations)

  1. 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.
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  3. The diametric opposite of interpolation.

Questions about extrapolations

What is extrapolations the plural of?
Extrapolations is the plural of extrapolation.

Words near extrapolations in the dictionary

  1. extrapolated
  2. extrapolates
  3. extrapolating
  4. extrapolation
  5. extrapolational
  6. extrapolations
  7. extrapolative
  8. extrapolatively
  9. extrapolator
  10. extrapolators
  11. extrapolatory

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