the act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.-the sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of scripture.-the power or explaining.-an artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.-the act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.