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.

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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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Word Origin and History for predictor