Complete Definition of "interpolate"

English

Verb
en-verb|interpolat|ing

  1. To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated.
  2. Computing During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.

Synonyms
process fetched data in-line
transclude

Related terms
extrapolate
interpolation

Quotations
A macro is invoked in the same way as a request; a control line beginning .xx will interpolate the contents of macro xx. �w:Joseph F. Ossanna|Joseph F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff User's manual

In Perl, variable interpolation happens in double-quoted strings and patterns, and list interpolation occurs when constructing the list of values to pass to a list operator or other such construct that takes a <code>LIST</code>. �w:Larry Wall|Wall, w:Tom Christiansen|Christiansen, and w:Jon Orwant|Orwant, w:Programming Perl|Programming Perl, 3rd Edition, 2000, p. 992.

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