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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Thoughts on a Thursday...

Here's a word for this lovely Thursday...

interpolation

   in-tur-puh-LEY-shuhn  , noun;

1.
The act or process of introducing something additional or extraneous between other parts.

2.
Something interpolated, as a passage introduced into a text.

3.
Mathematics.  A. The process of determining the value of a function between two points at which ithas prescribed values. B. A similar process using more than two points at which the function hasprescribed values. C. The process of approximating a given function by using its values at a discreteset of points.

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