Misinterpolate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To misestimate an interpolated data value.
"These codes invariably misinterpolated the temperature values between two somewhat separated data transects, but did reasonably well in fitting the data close to the transects themselves."
- 2 To insert or introduce an incorrect value into the middle of something else.
"Indeed there are numerous instances during the composition of Finnegans Wake where the hapless typists, confused by Joyce's conventions, misinterpolated additions into the text."
Example
More examples"These codes invariably misinterpolated the temperature values between two somewhat separated data transects, but did reasonably well in fitting the data close to the transects themselves."
Etymology
From mis- + interpolate.
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