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Extrapolation   /ɛkstrˌæpəlˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Extrapolation

noun
1.
(mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values.
2.
An inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations.





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"Extrapolation" Quotes from Famous Books



... nodded. "And there's a further extrapolation. Some of the members or the elder races have speculated on a sort of second-order telepathy, undetectable to the normal telepath, but capable of noting normal radiation. And some of the speculations seem ...
— Indirection • Everett B. Cole


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