predictor
pre·dic·tor
noun
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
Origin
From predict + -or.
Phrases
- branch predictor
- Kerrison predictor
- predictor variable
- Vickers predictor
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