Meanings
nounextrapolation (countable and uncountable, plural extrapolations)
plural extrapolations
- countableuncountableAn inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
Casting further doubt on Kerner’s extrapolations from Gebhard’s data, it’s unclear what happened during those 21 minutes of foreplay. Blow jobs? Kissing? Role-playing? We don’t know.
2018, Suzannah Weiss, The Establishment, What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm’ Statistic Says About Gender Bias - countableuncountableentertainmentThe diametric opposite of interpolation.
Origin
Morphologically extrapolate + -ion
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek παρεκβολή
- παρεκβολή (parekbolḗ)inference
Catalan extrapolació
- extrapolaciócalculation of an estimate
Chinese Mandarin 延拓
- 延拓 (yántuò)calculation of an estimate
Czech extrapolace, extrapolace
- extrapolacecalculation of an estimate
- extrapolaceinference
Dutch extrapolatie, extrapolatie
- extrapolatiecalculation of an estimate
- extrapolatieinference
Finnish ekstrapolaatio, ekstrapolaatio
- ekstrapolaatiocalculation of an estimate
- ekstrapolaatioinference
French extrapolation
- extrapolationcalculation of an estimate
German Extrapolation, Hochrechnung
- Extrapolationcalculation of an estimate
- Hochrechnungcalculation of an estimate
- Extrapolationinference
Hungarian extrapoláció
- extrapolációcalculation of an estimate
Indonesian ekstrapolasi, ekstrapolasi
- ekstrapolasicalculation of an estimate
- ekstrapolasiinference
Irish eachtarshuíomh
- eachtarshuíomhcalculation of an estimate
Italian estrapolazione, estrapolazione
- estrapolazionecalculation of an estimate
- estrapolazioneinference
Japanese 外挿
- 外挿 (gaisō)calculation of an estimate
Polish ekstrapolacja, ekstrapolacja
- ekstrapolacjacalculation of an estimate
- ekstrapolacjainference
Portuguese extrapolação, extrapolação
- extrapolaçãocalculation of an estimate
- extrapolaçãoinference
Romanian extrapolare
- extrapolarecalculation of an estimate
Russian экстраполя́ция
- экстраполя́ция (ekstrapoljácija)calculation of an estimate
Spanish extrapolación
- extrapolacióncalculation of an estimate
Swedish extrapolering, extrapolation
- extrapoleringcalculation of an estimate
- extrapolationinference
Thai การประมาณค่านอกช่วง
- การประมาณค่านอกช่วงcalculation of an estimate
Vietnamese ngoại suy
- ngoại suycalculation of an estimate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with extrapolation
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
extrapolation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrapolation
MLA
“extrapolation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrapolation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extrapolation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrapolation.
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