Found 3 items, similar to Interpolation.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: interpolation penyisipan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: interpolation interpolation n 1: 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” [syn: insertion] 2: (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known 3: the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts [syn: interjection, interposition, interpellation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Interpolation Interpolation \In*ter`po*la"tion\, n. [L. interpolatio an alteration made here and there: cf. F. interpolation.] 1. The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious. [1913 Webster] Bentley wrote a letter . . . . upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 3. (Math.) The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series. [1913 Webster]