predictor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events

   the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance

2. 2
   noun

   Something that anticipates, predicts, or foretells.

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

3. 3
   noun

   One who predicts.

   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 […]

4. 4
   noun

   a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival

5. 5
   noun

   someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

6. 6
   noun

   A predictor variable.

Etymology

From predict + -or.