predictor, n.
(predictors)
(predictors)
a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
<noun.artifact>
predictor
information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
<noun.cognition>
predictor
sample sentences
"the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
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hypernym
someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
forecaster predictor prognosticator soothsayer
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