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Word entry · 13 letters

interpolation

Best crossword clue

"Inserted estimate"

13 letters · collected on this word page

13 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˌtɜː.pəˈleɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aeiilnnooprttStarts with IEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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