Sunday, May 31, 2009

extrapolation


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/extrapolation

1.to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture.

2.Statistics. to estimate (the value of a variable) outside the tabulated or observed range.

3.Mathematics. to estimate (a function that is known over a range of values of its independent variable) to values outside the known range.


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