What is the method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series called?
interpolation — (Math.) The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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