Noun Definition
predictor
1.Definition: a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
Category: Objects2.Definition: information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
"The weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
Category: General3.Definition: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Related Noun(s):forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer
Category: People