Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun interpolation

3 senses of interpolation

Sense 1
interpolation, insertion -- (a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins")
       => message, content, subject matter, substance -- (what a communication that is about something is about)

Sense 2
interpolation -- ((mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known)
       => calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning -- (problem solving that involves numbers or quantities)

Sense 3
interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation -- (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)
       => break, interruption, disruption, gap -- (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account")