predictor

[ pri-dik-ter ]

/ prɪˈdɪk tər /

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noun

a person or thing that predicts.

Mathematics. a formula for determining additional values or derivatives of a function from the relationship of its given values.

Words nearby predictor

predictability, predictable, prediction, predictive, predictive value, predictor, predictory, predigest, predikant, predilection, predispose

Origin of predictor

From the Medieval Latin word praedictor, dating back to 1645–55. See predict, -tor

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Examples from the Web for predictor

Gladwell argues that the quality of the school is less a predictor of individual success than individual merit is.
Malcolm Gladwell In Five Minutes: What to Know to Pretend You’ve Read the New Book|Thomas Flynn|October 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The past is not a predictor of the future and we will need to be ready for the challenges ahead.
Industry Trailblazer to Aspiring Women Pros: Stand Up and Be Counted|Daily Beast Promotions|November 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
One predictor of violence within the marriage, however, is a disparity between husband and wife.
Hollywood's Kept Women|Gina Piccalo|October 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Another found them twice as likely to be born below normal weights—itself a predictor of problems later in life.
The Dark Side of IVF|Debora Spar|October 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST

But we also found that the shape—the roundness—of the pelvic crest was a predictor of breast disease in the daughters.
How Mom's Hip Size Predicts Her Daughter's Risk|Kent L. Thornburg, PhD|October 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But whether he has not been the cause of this poor man's death, as well as the predictor, may be very reasonably disputed.
The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers|Jonathan Swift
He was a predictor, using his occult gift of second sight to foreknow events and tell The Leader about them.
The Leader|William Fitzgerald Jenkins (AKA Murray Leinster)
Hooker indeed seemed to have done what no predictor of events should do; he fixed on the period of its accomplishment.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Isaac Disraeli
And here we return again to take a new survey of him in the course of his public practice as a predictor.
The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell|Daniel Defoe

British Dictionary definitions for predictor

predictor

/ (prɪˈdɪktə) /

noun

a person or thing that predicts

an instrument, used in conjunction with an anti-aircraft gun, that determines the speed, distance, height, and direction of hostile aircraft

statistics a more modern term for independent variable

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