extrapolation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values
noun an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations

Morphologically extrapolate + -ion

But that last extrapolation was a stretch. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover
It is that incongruity that spawns a conjectured extrapolation indistinguishable from reality. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
I can't prove it, however, except mathematically; because she's altogether too full of too many new and untried mechanisms, too many extrapolations beyond all existing or possible data. — Triplanetary, E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

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