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Predictor

//pɹɪˈdɪk.tə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something that anticipates, predicts, or foretells.

    "The rainfall in April is a predictor for the number of mosquitoes in May."

  2. 2
    a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival wordnet
  3. 3
    A predictor variable.
  4. 4
    information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events wordnet
  5. 5
    One who predicts. uncommon

    "THE only individual in this great city who has had a really easy time is the weather predictor; his only task from day to day has been to announce rain and gales, and through it all he has readily ranked as a prophet with honor in […]"

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  1. 6
    someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) wordnet

Etymology

From predict + -or.

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