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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



... star gazer[obs3]; Sibyl; Python, 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
... good things predicted by him, were observed. If the judgments declared were not fulfilled, it was not regarded as conclusive evidence against him, because it might be that the punishments were for some wise reason averted; but if the promised good did not come to pass, the predictor was condemned as a deceiver and false prophet. If the words of a prophet were fulfilled in one or more particulars, but not in all, he was not deemed worthy of credence. When once one was condemned ...
— The Mysteries of All Nations • James Grant


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