Interpolate



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 插入; 窜改
• ［英］ v. 插入 ( to insert between or among others) ; 窜改 ( to alter by putting in new words)
• ［记］ inter ( 在中间) +pol ( =polish 修饰) +ate -> 在中间修饰 -> 插入, 窜改

Webster Collegiate

verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: Latin interpolatus, past participle of interpolare to refurbish, alter, interpolate, from inter- + -polare (from polire to polish)
• Date: 1612
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
    • b. to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation
  • 2. to insert between other things or parts ; intercalate
  • 3. to estimate values of (data or a function) between two known values
• intransitive verb
  • to make insertions (as of estimated values)
• Synonyms: see introduce
• ? interpolation noun
• ? interpolative adjective
• ? interpolator noun

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