extrapolation
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8.1
- noun
- /ɪkˌstræpəˈleɪʃən/
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extrapolación
- Traditional planning forecasts typically rely on an extrapolation of the past into the future.
- extrapolation to estimate
- extrapolation of trends
- extrapolation of results
I mean, in many ways it's an extrapolation of your previous book.
- I mean, in many ways it's an extrapolation of your previous book.
- So you see this extrapolation from from an analogy.
- So we have decades and decades of literature that use these experimental endpoints that are extrapolations.
- And then you add more layers and layers and layers and extrapolations, and this little tiny idea becomes this huge, big project.
- And at this point, Hume would say this sort of extrapolation, this sort of analogizing, is pure anthropomorphism.
- Could you define that, or is that just, it's just such a natural extrapolation of who you are as a person that it's one in the same?
- And they're like, so the, the tetrahedron poses a question that can only be answered by a four dimensional extrapolation from that.
- Now what the fear that's being spread right now though, the fear, uncertainty and doubt that's being spread is very simply exponential extrapolation.
- So we know nature can do this, but the inphoton is a big extrapolation in physics.
- So you need you need a different type of AI to complement sort of this this text extrapolation AI.
Examples
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The engineer used extrapolation to predict future trends based on current data.
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All we have is extrapolation from past patterns which help us in terms of our expectations for the future.
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I mean, in many ways it's an extrapolation of your previous book.
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Knowing what is an actual data point versus what is an extrapolation is not a small concern.
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Well, a lot of futurology consists of extrapolation, which is dangerous.
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Students would have an opportunity to refine their research, critical-thinking, and extrapolation skills.
Academic text (1996) -
From the limited information available, I've made three extrapolations.
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In both figures, the hatched lines represent extrapolations to the origin.
Academic text (2000) -
There are good reasons; however, such simple scenarios based on extrapolations of current population and economic trends may be imprecise.
Academic text (2011) -
And at this point, Hume would say this sort of extrapolation, this sort of analogizing, is pure anthropomorphism.
Synonyms
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2.6
A rough calculation of a number, amount or size
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4.4
An estimate of a future result based on past and present data
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3.4
A rough calculation of how much or how many something is
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8.2
A rough calculation used when exact numbers are not available
A way to predict future numbers by following patterns in past data
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to predict future numbers by following patterns in past data
How Supported
Surface Forms
Morphology
extrapolation = extrapolate (transparent) = extra + polate + ion
The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb 'extrapolate' and directly denotes the process named by the verb.
Etymology
The word extrapolation starts with extra-, meaning 'outside', and the rest comes from a part that means 'to place' or 'make', so it literally means 'estimating outside' the known data. That's why extrapolation is used to predict values beyond the information you already have.