interpolation

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

• transclusion

Origin

• From French interpolation, from Latin interpolatio.
• Morphologically interpolate + -ion