extrapolation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values
Types & categories
- reckoning hypernym
Related & opposite
- interpolate derivation
- mathematics domain topic
Sense 2 noun
an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations
Types & categories
- inference hypernym
Related & opposite
- extrapolate derivation
- generalize derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpolate |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mathematics |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reckoning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extrapolate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | inference |