Antonyms for extrapolationex·trap·o·la·tion

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   • Inference
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Princeton's WordNet

1. extrapolationnoun

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

2. extrapolationnoun

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

How to use extrapolation in a sentence?

1. Jason Miller:

   It's a little tough to do an exact extrapolation between what happened in South Carolina and on March 1, these are states that Ted Cruz matches up well in.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   Children can get infected, so, yes, so you've got to be careful, you got to be careful for them and you got to be careful that they may not spread it. Now, to make an extrapolation that you shouldn't open schools, I think is a bit of a reach.

3. Jack Vanderhei:

   We know that 401(k) participants are guilty of excessive extrapolation - they like to look at how good things have been, and assume it will just continue that way.

4. Samantha Trumbo:

   We are confident that the sodium chloride is coming from the interior, but the extrapolation to the interior is chloride-dominated is less certain.

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