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extrapolation

/ik-strap-uh-ley-shuhn/US // ɪkˌstræp əˈleɪ ʃən //

外推法,外推,推断,延伸

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of inferring an unknown from something that is known.
    • : Statistics, Mathematics. the act or process of estimating the value of a variable or function outside the tabulated or observed range.

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Examples

  • We challenged the audience to determine where Beethoven’s phrases ended and where the AI extrapolation began.

  • It’s a clever and just-plausible extrapolation of real scientific work on the activity and measurement of brains.

  • We know that extrapolation can be taken only so far, but that’s why the past is so vital to understand.

  • I generally focus on politics in what I write but I’ll spare you any extrapolations examining how the divisions in our country might overlap with these motivations.

  • Keep in mind, the report is an extrapolation of current findings and exploration of their implications.

  • You claim that you actually guessed where that ship was going to be, but you followed the computer's extrapolation instead?

  • The last three values are those obtained by extrapolation with platinum-rhodium and platinum-iridium couples.

  • In controversion of this it must be said that the ulterior justification of such ideal extrapolation is not yet feasible.

  • Even the most favorable extrapolation showed it would take him nineteen years to become master of the world.

  • I thought my subconscious was just building up this stuff to fill the gaps in what I'd produced from logical extrapolation.