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EXTRAPOLATE [2 records]

Record 1 1993-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting
DEF

To form conclusions about a population based on sample findings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Tirer des conclusions sur une population à partir des constatations faites sur un échantillon.

OBS

«extrapoler» est un verbe intransitif.

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

Estimate by trend projection the unknown values that lie beyond the range of known values in a series.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
DEF

Calculer, pour des valeurs de la variable situées en dehors de la série des valeurs observées, les valeurs d'une fonction connue empiriquement.

Spanish

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