Interpolation

Definition of Interpolation

In`ter`po`la´tion
n.1.The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.
2.That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.
Bentley wrote a letter . . . . upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand.
- De Quincey.
3.(Math.) The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series.

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