predictor

Definition of Predictor in English :

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Noun

1. forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer

someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

2. predictor

information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events

Example Sentences:
'the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance'

3. predictor

a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Predictor

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noun

1.

a person or thing that predicts

2.

an instrument, used in conjunction with an anti-aircraft gun, that determines the speed, distance, height, and direction of hostile aircraft

3. statistics a more modern term for independent variable

Predictor

see synonyms of predictor

v. pre·dict·ed, pre·dict·ing, pre·dicts

v.tr.

To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge: predicted an active hurricane season because of warmer ocean-surface temperatures.

v.intr.

To foretell something.

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