기존 데이터의 추세를 바탕으로 미지의 값을 추정하여 그래프나 수치 범위를 확장하다.
To extend a graph, curve, or range of values by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data.
예문:
"The software can automatically extrapolate the trend line for the next five years based on historical data."
"By analyzing the current trajectory, the physicist was able to extrapolate the point of impact."
기존의 경향이나 방법이 다른 상황에서도 계속 적용될 것이라고 가정하여 미지의 사실을 추론하다.
To infer or estimate something unknown by assuming that existing trends or methods will continue to apply in a different situation.
예문:
"It is risky to extrapolate the results of this small pilot study to the entire national population."
"The marketing team tried to extrapolate future consumer behavior from the initial feedback of the focus group."