interpolation
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/ɪnˌtɜːrpəˈleɪʃn/
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/ɪnˌtɜːpəˈleɪʃn/
A comment that interrupts a conversation.
He was quiet, but his rare interpolations showed good sense.
Something added to a piece of writing.
The relevant passage is a later interpolation.
Adding a value into a series by calculating it from known values around it.
The value was calculated by interpolation.