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单词 extrapolation
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extrapolation
noun[CorU]
uk
/ɪkˌstræp.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪkˌstræp.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
theprocessof usinginformationthat is alreadyknowntoguessorthinkabout what mighthappen:
推断；推知
Theassumptioninvolvesconsiderableextrapolation.该假设涉及大量外推。
Theageof thelichenscan bedeterminedby extrapolation fromtheirgrowthrate.地衣的年龄可以通过它们的生长速度来推断确定。
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  • Boldprophecieshave given way totimorousextrapolations.
  • Theanalysiswasbasedonhistoricalknowledgeand extrapolation fromfragmentaryscrapsofinformation.
  • Straight-line extrapolation from the past into thefutureis apoorguideforstrategicplanning.
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(Definition ofextrapolationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

extrapolation| Business English

extrapolation
noun[CorU]
uk
/ɪkˌstræpəˈleɪʃən/us
theprocessof usingexistinginformationtodiscoverwhat islikelytohappenor betruein thefuture:
extrapolation of sthThebankexpectsinflationtoovershoottargetin twoyears, but this is only an extrapolation of pasttrends.
extrapolation from sthExtrapolation from the past into thefutureis apoorguideforstrategicbusinessplanning.
(Definition ofextrapolationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A current controversy surrounds theextrapolationof the results of treating the young to treating the elderly (19;30).
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After all, theextrapolationof general features from specific instances is not a straightforward exercise.
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As with all expanded lectures, it suffers from unevenness ofextrapolation, or even over-elaboration.
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A revised and internally consistent thermodynamic model for the interpolation andextrapolationof liquid-solid equilibria in magmatic systems at elevated temperatures and pressures.
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Incidence estimates for the whole country are produced byextrapolationof the cases reported.
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The agent's use ofextrapolationgives rise to persistent forecast errors.
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However, care should be taken withextrapolationof results from homogeneous models to the human field, where heterogeneity may require a complex model.
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The graphs are plotted only over the ranges of counts/biomass/cover observed for that relationship, with noextrapolation.
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Byextrapolationof the data reported here, intra-stadial transmission may provide a means of supporting amplification and persistence of highly virulent tick-borne viruses.
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At the boundary points of this cubic set, we make the following two assumptions forextrapolation.
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The second world war saw the famous work on prediction for antiaircraft gunfire, with implications forextrapolation, interpolation and smoothing more generally.
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To biologists, who like the reviewer have witnessed the violent changes in such extrapolations, this hardly comes as a great surprise.
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This has been interpreted as the result of motionextrapolation.
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These simulations have shown also that the uncertainty inherent inextrapolationto sites with different rainfall regimes and soils, can be reduced by modelling.
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Clearly, all three methods involve different assumptions, and all three methods requireextrapolationto reach the same initial and final states.
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