'extrapolation' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it when you are talking about making predictions about the future by looking at trends, events, or other information from the past. For example, "By extrapolating from our past successes, we can estimate a timeline for achieving our ultimate goal."
In another, it's simply an extension of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's experiments of decades ago, or an extrapolation of the Beatles Revolution Noo 9. Really, the nicest thing you could say about it is, if Aphex Twin had presented this cacophony on Syro, the reviews would have been just as favourable.
This makes simple extrapolation nonsense.But the new literature is a start.
But crude extrapolation of the past is a poor predictor of the future: recall the forecasts in the mid-1980s that Japan was set to become the world's largest economy.
Both the Post headline and the article suggest that the hearing will revisit "don't ask, don't tell", though it's unclear whether this is a confirmed part of the agenda, or the author's own extrapolation.
And simple extrapolation from their results to demands for across-the-board austerity isn't a wise approach.
Let us assume that they make forecasts of economic growth by extrapolation from the data for the previous five years, and put money in the equity markets of the countries that have grown the fastest.
One solution is to use extrapolation to fill in the data gaps; another is to opt for a narrower set of LIBOR rates.Whatever the FSA's decision on how to find accurate rates, the new LIBOR will be very different.
If the mindless extrapolation of current trends were that reliable, we would not need scientists at all, only engineers.MARC DESMONDNew YorkSIR As a consumer I would like choice without denying others their right to purchase genetically modified products.
But this special report will caution against relying on linear extrapolation from recent growth rates.
Any.It is a mistake to do a linear extrapolation of the past rate of change in the unemployment rate.
They argue that this extrapolation, which is used in many long-run economic forecasts, is stupid, because it ignores the likelihood that at some point the fertility rate will rebound a bit.
