predictor

Noun
  1. Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) (synset 110122275)
    is a type of: illusionist, seer, visionary - a person with unusual powers of foresight
    subtypes:
    same as: forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer
  2. Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events (synset 105832637)
    "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
    is a type of: information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
  3. A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival (synset 104005225)
    is a type of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically
    is a part of: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom - artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

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