Crossword clues for predictor
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Predictor \Pre*dict"or\, n. One who predicts; a foreteller.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from Medieval Latin praedictor, agent noun from praedicere (see predict). Statistical sense is from 1950.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Something that anticipates, predicts or foretells. 2 An independent variable.
WordNet
n. someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) [syn: forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer]
information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
Wikipedia
Predictor may refer to:
- a predictor variable, also known as an independent variable
- the Kerrison Predictor, a military fire-control computer
- something which makes a prediction
- a branch predictor, a part of many modern processors
- a type of railway level crossing circuit that tries to achieve a constant warning time by predicting the speed of the approaching train
Usage examples of "predictor".
The drunken crowds, the drifting smoke mixed with incense, the emerging skeleton of the Prime Predictor fevered their souls.
The power that the Prime Predictor smelled in the growing rayvoice network was as whisky to the nose of a drunkard.
When Aesoe did not notice him at the high doorway, he walked forward and seated himself upon the pillows, then looked straight at the Prime Predictor, waiting.
He was Prime Predictor because the prophesies he had registered in the Archives as a youth had been more accurate than the vision of any other Kaiel.
He would be Prime Predictor until he died or retired or was ousted by a man who had proved a clearer vision.
I represent the faction of the Prime Predictor who very much wishes you alive.
She pretended to be in animated conversation with the Prime Predictor and only when Hoemei arrived did she look up and nod.
Was this not the Prime Predictor who had the reputation for being able to see a hundred moves into the future?
Prime Predictor Aesoe, acting through Bendaein, was brazenly asking him to make his Contribution to the Race, a sacrifice move in some larger strategy.
Prime Predictor left her at the door, saying he had urgent business elsewhere, perhaps because he remembered that Joesai was home.
She had been the companion of Aesoe the Prime Predictor and Hoemei the Thinker Who Could Act.
Hoemei will be the next Prime Predictor and she is damming the mountain waters at both ends.
The predictions are to be audited and the man with the best record automatically becomes Prime Predictor regardless of his political beliefs or his alliances.
Hoemei should have been declared Prime Predictor and the policies of Aesoe should be void.
Indeed, he specified that audits of the Archives must take place and that the best predictor must be elevated to Prime predictor.