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  • noun A point interpolated between others
  • noun mathematics A function used to generate interpolation

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Examples

  • Then there is a sentence φ of L ˆ© M which is true in all models of T and false in all models of U. (This sentence φ is called the interpolant.)

    First-order Model Theory Hodges, Wilfrid 2009

  • The vertically filtered station data from each section are interpolated onto an evenly spaced latitudinal or longitudinal grid depending on section orientation at 0.033° spacing using a shape-preserving piecewise cubic Hermite interpolant at each pressure level.

    Recyclable AbathyThermograph Instruments « Climate Audit 2007

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