OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 19132

extrapolate

/ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
extrapolar
To infer by extending known information.
With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction…