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extrapolable, a.|ɛkˈstræpələb(ə)l|
[f. extrapolate v. + -able; cf. interpolable a.]
Capable of being extrapolated. Also exˈtrapolatable a.
1940A. J. Ayer Found. Empirical Knowl. iv. 224 Correlating the sense-datum with other sense-data, in such a way as to make its occurrence inferrible by the use of extrapolable laws. 1956J. S. Bruner et al. Study of Thinking iii. 56 It makes a vast difference in behavior whether he is ‘set’ to find out the extrapolatable properties of the class of people who are influential. 1964Amer. Philos. Q. I. 264/2 This merely makes the word ‘extrapolable’ bear the whole unanalyzed problem of induction. 1984Oil & Gas Jrnl. 9 Apr. 88/2 This..law was..determined by experiments carried out under quite different conditions, thus guaranteeing its extrapolable nature on the Bousseus test loop. 1985Ibid. 11 Feb. 84/1 There is no reason why extrapolatable data cannot be used.
Hence exˌtrapolaˈbility n., the quality or state of being extrapolable.
1968Science 1 Mar. 935/1 Obviously the degree of extrapolability from evidence or crafts extant today must vary enormously from case to case. |