1.
[syn: forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer]
2. information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events;
- Example: "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
3. a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Predictor \Pre*dict"or\, n.
One who predicts; a foreteller.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
predictor
n 1: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the
basis of special knowledge) [syn: forecaster,
predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer]
2: information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future
events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of
mutual fund performance"
3: a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes
the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's
arrival