English Dictionary

extrapolation

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values. / An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.

日本語の意味

既知の値の範囲外における関数の値を推定する、数学的な手法 / 既知の事実に基づき、仮説的な状況について推論を行うこと

The scientist used extrapolation to predict the population of the species fifty years from now based on current trends.

科学者は既知の値の範囲外を推定する外挿法を用いて、現在の傾向に基づいて50年後のその種の個体数を予測した。

意味（1）

(mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.

意味（2）

An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.

Casting further doubt on Kerner’s extrapolations from Gebhard’s data, it’s unclear what happened during those 21 minutes of foreplay. Blow jobs? Kissing? Role-playing? We don’t know.

意味（3）

(music) The diametric opposite of interpolation.

extrapolations （ plural ）