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predictor - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun One who predicts or foretells; one who prophesies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun One who predicts; a foreteller.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun Something that anticipates , predicts or foretells .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
noun a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
noun information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
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It is also used as a short-term predictor of investor behavior.
Investing in Fear Is Big Business Brendan Conway 2010
Now let's turn to the second element, unit labor costs, which I also see as a good short-term predictor of inflation.
Top Fed Official Offers Dire Forecast, Says Economy Will Suffer For Years 2010
Or Facilitate It. TechCrunch on Marketwatch who are adding digg like functionality to stock codes, neat: The predictor is a small widget included on every stock listing page (example).
i'm in if u r. Ben Barren 2007
Darcy Burner's main predictor of success as a Congresswoman lies in her brief presidency of the Ames Lake Community Club.
Sound Politics: Darcy Burner's record of "community leadership": 5 e-mails, 3 meetings, 0 achievements 2006
If bond traders feel free to sell then there is no better long term predictor of a Fed rate increase.
FXstreet.com 2009
This analysis shows a renormalization of price dividend ratios which have been shown to be the best long-term predictor of, overall market performance.
US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha 2009
You can tap the small Abc button at the bottom-right corner of the screen to switch between several different modes, such as all caps, numbers, and symbols, as well as a word predictor keyboard that works rather well.
Brighthand.com Handheld News and Reviews 2009
If bond traders feel free to sell then there is no better long term predictor of a Fed rate increase.
IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2009
a phonetic spell checker, a word predictor , a speaking dictionary and a scanning facility.
PublicTechnology.net 2008
The caveat in von Storch 1999 about re-scaling is that it is not a given that blowing up the variance of a predictor is a "correct" method of matching variance of a predictor to the variance of a target.
Von Storch et al [2006] « Climate Audit 2006
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