interpolate

From Latin interpolare, Latin interpolatum, from inter (“between”) and polire (“to polish”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.ˈtɜɹ.pə.ˌleɪt/
• Homophone: interpellate (some pronunciations)

interpolate (third-person singular simple present interpolates, present participle interpolating, simple past and past participle interpolated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.

   in verse 74, the second line is clearly interpolated

2. (mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated.
3. (computing) During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.
   • Joseph F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff User's manual

     A macro is invoked in the same way as a request; a control line beginning .xx will interpolate the contents of macro xx.

   • Wall, Christiansen, and Orwant, Programming Perl, 3rd Edition, 2000, p. 992.

     In Perl, variable interpolation happens in double-quoted strings and patterns, and list interpolation occurs when constructing the list of values to pass to a list operator or other such construct that takes a LIST.

• (process fetched data in-line): transclude

• extrapolate
• interpolation

interpolate

1. second-person plural present indicative of interpolare
2. second-person plural imperative of interpolare
3. feminine plural of interpolato

interpolāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of interpolō