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Predictor   /prɪdˈɪktər/   Listen
Predictor

noun
1.
Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge).  Synonyms: forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer.
2.
Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events.
3.
A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival.



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"Predictor" Quotes from Famous Books



... Pythoness[obs3]; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra[obs3], Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer &c. 994; interpreter &c. 524. [person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] predictor, prognosticator, forecaster; weather forecaster, weatherman. Phr. a prophet is without honor in his own country; "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" ...
— Roget's Thesaurus


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