[
US
/ˌɪˈtɝpəˌɫeɪt/
]
[ UK /ɪntˈɜːpəlˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /ɪntˈɜːpəlˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- estimate the value of
How To Use interpolate In A Sentence
- _Solus_ was lost through haplography ( 'fulua solus': the elongated 's' form common in manuscripts would have facilitated the error) and _tristis_ interpolated to restore the metre. The Last Poems of Ovid
- Textured areas, 512 x 512 (trilinear 15 megatexels/second interpolated, mip-mapped) 2D graphics performance* FAQ: The PC 3D Graphics Accelerators FAQ v0.6 (Part II)
- We had no TV, so we had no idea what a Sobers sweep or a Hall bouncer actually looked like; we were left to interpolate between newspaper stills and glossies from cricket books.
- Tear a page from a book and you may be able to interpolate.
- We kind of interpolated that to about an 85 mile-per-hour gust, where Beaumont where Anderson Cooper was, actually was 104. CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2005
- Many lines have been interpolated into the manuscript at a later date.
- Michael interpolates his repertoire, transposing any tune without difficulty in the smoothest of transitions.
- It's only a flesh-wound, and he isn't going to die," Sheldon managed to interpolate. Chapter 7
- In the case of Mrs Burdett, this seems unlikely: the extract fits neatly between other entries, written in the same handwriting, and so there is no evidence that it has been interpolated at a later date.
- Later Edward III interpolated a royal claim for it, on the basis that the Templar lands had escheated to the crown.