1. (n.) The act of inserting anything between parts that are already established; as, the interpolation of likely causes.
2. (n.) That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.
3. (n.) 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.
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