interpolate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

(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
(mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated.
(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.

Synonyms

(process fetched data in-line): transclude

Related terms

extrapolate
interpolation

Translations

to introduce something, such as words, between other things, such as other words

Latin: ^{(please verify)} interpolō
Russian: интерполировать (ru) (interpolirovatʹ)

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} interpolar (es)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} interpolera (sv)

to estimate the value of a function

Catalan: interpolar (ca)
Czech: interpolovat
Finnish: interpoloida
French: interpoler (fr)

German: interpolieren (de)
Russian: интерполи́ровать (ru) (interpolírovatʹ)
Spanish: interpolar (es)
Tagalog: isalingit

to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data

Italian

Verb

interpolate

second-person plural present indicative of interpolare
second-person plural imperative of interpolare
feminine plural of interpolato

Latin

Verb

interpolāte

second-person plural present active imperative of interpolō