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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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;
- 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