Interpolation

Definitions

1. An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
   countable, uncountable
2. The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
   countable, uncountable
3. The process of interpolating: including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program.
   countable, uncountable
4. That which is introduced or inserted; in contexts of content analysis of centuries-old texts, especially something foreign or spurious.
   countable, uncountable
5. The use of a melody from a previously recorded song, but recreated rather than sampled from that recording.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In Perl, variable interpolation happens in double-quoted strings and patterns, and list interpolation occurs when constructing the list of values to pass⟳ to a list operator or other such construct that takes a LIST.”

“Today a widely established convention encloses all editorial interpolations in square brackets [like⟳ so] for clarity.”

“Bentley wrote a letter […] upon the scriptural glosses in our present⟳ copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand.”

“We, who are born into the world's artificial system, can never adequately know⟳ how little in our present⟳ state and circumstances is natural, and how much is merely the interpolation of the perverted mind⟳ and heart of man.”

“The melody itself is an interpolation of “The Streets of Cairo,” an Orientalist Tin Pan Alley song originally published in 1895.”

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