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extrapolation

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extrapolation

Predicting a future value using existing information. For example, by examining a company's historic revenue figures plotted on a graph, it is possible to extrapolate future revenues by assuming existing trends will carry on into the future. This extrapolation may be done intuitively or mathematically.



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