interpolation

/ɪnˌtɜrpəˈleɪʃən/
noun
  1. The act of inserting something between other things, or something that has been inserted.
    • His speech was full of unnecessary interpolations.
    • Historians discovered an interpolation in the ancient text that was added later.
    • The interpolation of new scenes changed the flow of the movie.
  2. A method of estimating a value between two known values.
    • By interpolation, the engineer calculated the pressure at the midpoint of the pipe.
    • The software uses interpolation to smooth out the animation frames.
    • Linear interpolation is a simple way to guess a number between two points.
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