predictor
1. [ noun ] (computer science) a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
Related terms: computer antiaircraft
2. [ noun ] information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
Examples:

"the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"

Related terms: information
3. [ noun ] someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Synonyms: soothsayer prognosticator forecaster
Related terms: visionary fortune-teller astrologer fortune_teller palmist predict calculate
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