A process used to estimate an intermediate value of one (dependent) variable which is a function of a second (independent) variable when values of the dependent variable corresponding to several discrete values of the independent variable are known.
(Source: MGH)
an action or remark that interrupts
(mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend''s interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"
a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
