Extrapolations refer to extending a conclusion or estimation beyond the available information or evidence. The opposite of extrapolation is interpolation, which is the estimation of missing data points within a given set of data. Interpolation is a reliable method for making predictions since it is based on existing data. Another antonym for extrapolation is authenticity, which implies that the information presented is based on accurate and reliable data sources. In contrast, extrapolation can be criticized for being presumptive and speculative. Another antonym for extrapolation is precision, which implies that information presented is as accurate as possible without making assumptions or inferences beyond the available data.

What are the antonyms for Extrapolations?

• n.

  • projection
  • depression
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Usage examples for Extrapolations

Famous quotes with Extrapolations

• In other words the pictures are in a kind of relationship with each other which is touching only at points rather than pictures being illustrations of poems or poems extrapolations of the pictures.

  Peter Porter
• They based their extrapolations on numbers. That worked as long as money, which is easily measured numerically, was the principle motivating force in human affairs. But as time progressed, human actions became responsive instead to a multitude of incommensurable vectors.

  Gene Wolfe

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Related words: what is the future like, what will happen in the future, what will the future be like, what's the future like, who knows what the future holds, what's coming in the future, what will life be like in the future, predictions of the future

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