English noun: interpolation | |||
1. | interpolation (communication) a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted | ||
Samples | With the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told. With many insertions in the margins. | ||
Synonyms | insertion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance | ||
2. | interpolation (cognition) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known | ||
Broader (hypernym) | calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning | ||
Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||
3. | interpolation (act) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | ||
Synonyms | interjection, interpellation, interposition | ||
Broader (hypernym) | break, disruption, gap, interruption | ||