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What does extrapolate mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To infer by extending known information.
  2. (mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones
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It is difficult to extrapolate from those specific mandates a wider right that would exist in different circumstances.
We can, however, extrapolate the photospheric magnetic field into the corona.
It does not require even half an education to guess why he feels obliged to adduce flimsy evidence and extrapolate fanciful conclusions from it.
It may be difficult to extrapolate our findings to contemporary parturient women.
It will make reference to the most populous groups and extrapolate these issues to the wider TC group.
In vitro experiments on cell proliferation, membrane properties, and ion channels are difficult to extrapolate to humans.

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