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extrapolate
has definitions from the fields of logic,mathematics
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[ verb ] (mathematics) estimate the value of; in mathematics
Synonyms Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)In_addition , the size distribution obtained from visual and radar observations of meteors may be extrapolated to the micrometeorite domain . Related terms |
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[ verb ] draw from specific cases for more general cases
Synonyms Used in print (The Wall Street Journal,...)These keys are the working_principles of physics , mathematics and astronomy , principles which are then extrapolated , or projected , to explain phenomena of_which we have little or no direct knowledge . Related terms reason universalize overgeneralize inference abstraction generalisation |
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[ verb ] (logic) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating
Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Many workers believe that the response is proportional to the incident momentum of the particles , a relation deduced from laboratory results linearly extrapolated to meteoritic velocities . |
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