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  • n  a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
    with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told
  • n  (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
  • n  the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

  • Its structure, like that of the Byrne stories, is subject to interpolation every time a colorful episode, not included in the original scheme, seems possible.
  • Until Tiros, the story of what happens overhead had been a matter of educated guesswork, a smattering of facts well-larded with interpolation.
  • For example, Merrill has unaccountably confined Dido and Aeneas to a bedchamber when they should be strolling under the stars while singing Berlioz's interpolation of "In such a .
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  • Watch Kelly Rowland and Wiz Khalifa Perform 'Gone' on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'
    Kelly Rowland and Wiz Khalifa paid a visit to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in support of Rowland's new album Talk a Good Game, which finally drops next week. Kelly, sporting a naughty mesh-and-leather top, sang her just-premiered track "Gone," which features an interpolation of "Big Yellow Taxi." It's cute and all, but it's a lot cheesier than, say, Janet Jackson's "Got 'Til It's Gone." Also ...
    June 11, 2013 - Zimbio
  • LISTEN: Kelly Rowland Gets Inspired by Joni Mitchell in 'Gone'
    Kelly Rowland is following up her much talked about single "Dirty Laundry" with this upbeat, playful track "Gone" (off her upcoming album  Talk A Good Game ). The R&B singer somehow manages to make relationship troubles sound light and airy, and mixes things up with an interesting interpolation of Joni Mitchell's much sampled "Big Yellow Taxi." Wiz Khalifa offers a few lines of jilted lover ...
    June 10, 2013 - Zimbio

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