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EXTRAPOLATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "extrapolate" is one way to...):

deduce; deduct; derive; infer (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)

Domain category:

logic; logical system; system of logic (a system of reasoning)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

extrapolation (an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Estimate the value of

Synonyms:

extrapolate; interpolate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "extrapolate" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

extrapolation ((mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Draw from specific cases for more general cases

Synonyms:

extrapolate; generalise; generalize; infer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "extrapolate" is one way to...):

conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extrapolate"):

overgeneralise; overgeneralize (draw too general a conclusion)

universalise; universalize (make universal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

extrapolation (an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations)

Credits

 Context examples: 

They fed into the simulation different rates of phosphine production and extrapolated what a given atmosphere's spectrum of light would look like given a certain rate of phosphine production.

(Poisonous Earthly Molecule May Be Sign of Extraterrestrial Life, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The area under the moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the observed value of the last non-zero concentration, divided by the surface area.

(AUMC Infinity Observed Normalized by Surface Area, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The area under the first moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, based on the last observed concentration divided by the weight.

(AUMC Infinity Observed Normalized by Weight, NCI Thesaurus)

The percentage of the area under the urine excretion rate curve (AURC) extrapolated to infinity observed from Tlast to infinity.

(Observed Area Under the Urinary Excretion Rate Curve Percent Extrapolation, NCI Thesaurus)

The area under the urinary excretion rate curve (AURC) from the last observed non-zero rate value to infinity as a percentage of the area under the urinary excretion rate curve extrapolated to infinity.

(Observed Area Under the Urinary Excretion Rate Curve Percent Extrapolation, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The percentage of the administered dose that is recovered from the specimen type specified in PPSPEC extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the observed value of the last non-zero concentration, divided by the weight.

(Percent Recovered Infinity Observed Normalized by Weight, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The percentage of the recovered administered dose extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the observed value of the last non-zero concentration, divided by the weight.

(Percent Recovered Infinity Observed Normalized by Weight, NCI Thesaurus)

The percentage of the recovered administered dose extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the predicted value of the last non-zero concentration.

(Percent Recovered Infinity Predicted, NCI Thesaurus)

The percentage of the administered dose that is recovered from the specimen type specified in PPSPEC extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the predicted value of the last non-zero concentration.

(Percent Recovered Infinity Predicted, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The percentage of the recovered administered dose extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the predicted value of the last non-zero concentration, divided by the surface area.

(Percent Recovered Infinity Predicted Normalized by Surface Area, NCI Thesaurus)