Definitions
the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
Word origin
From French interpolation, from Latin interpolatio. Morphologically interpolate + -ion.
Used in a sentence
“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 LIST.”
“Today a widely established convention encloses all editorial interpolations in square brackets [like so] for clarity.”
“Bentley wrote a letter […] upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Inserted estimate”13 letters
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