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interpolation

[in-tur-puh-ley-shuhn] / ɪnˌtɜr pəˈleɪ ʃən /






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The framework relies on a mathematical strategy known as "tensor train cross interpolation" to achieve this compression.

From Science Daily Mar. 15, 2026

The production offers clues to this: In a silent interpolation, the Isolde double gives birth after Tristan dies, and Ms. Davidsen seemed to be singing her “Liebestod” to the baby.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

Swift used an interpolation of Michael’s song in her track of the same name — with a gleeful sign-off from the late singer’s estate.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2025

The girlies get their version of this too, with a Dodge commercial that centers on Glen Powell’s interpolation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears via a kind of bland bro-coded online masculinity.

From Slate Feb. 10, 2025

Motives of a reasonable prudence are stated as a mattei of fact to have influenced the offending couple—another pure interpolation.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green




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