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Definition: Predictor |
PredictorNoun1. Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge). 2. Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance". 3. A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "predictor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | Input variable or variables of a system, values of which are used to obtain prediction(estimates, reconstructions)of the predictands. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A linear combination of previously decoded pel values or data elements. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mathematics | A variable used to explain a dependent variable. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | In pulse code modulation:a device that provides an estimated value of a sampled signal derived from previous samples of the same signal or from a quantized version of those samples. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PredictorSynonyms: forecaster (n), prognosticator (n), soothsayer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Oracle | Predictor, prognosticator, forecaster; weather forecaster, weatherman. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Predictor |
| Specialty definitions using "predictor": egads button ♦ Injury Severity Score, intervening variable ♦ lossless audio compression ♦ mediating variable. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Victor the Predictor (1967) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Determine whether oral markers can serve as a predictor of problems of other organs. (references) | |
Thus far, the most consistent predictor of caries risk in children is past caries experience. (references) | ||
The location of body fat has emerged as an important predictor of the health hazards of obesity. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Predictor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Predictor" is used about 112 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 112 | 30,646 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "predictor": Predictor-corrector. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "predictor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | parashikues (diviner, predictive, prescient, prophet, provident, seer, up and coming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متنبئ (foreseeable, foreteller), المتنبئ (seer, soothsayer), العرافة جهاز تنبؤ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пророк (prophet, seer), предсказател (prophet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 预报 子. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | forklarende variabel (cause variable, effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable), effekt-variabel (effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | predictor, verklarende variabele (cause variable, effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable), verklaarde variabele (effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | seurausmuuttuja (effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable), ennustin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prédicteur, variable explicative (predicated variable), variable causale (predicated variable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Prophet (prophet, seer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προβλέπουσα (effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable), προφήτησ (prophet, prophetess, seer, soothsayer), προλέγων, ερμηνευτική μεταβλητή (effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable), ανεξάρτητη μεταβλητή (effect variable, explanatory variable, independent variable, predicated variable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ בא (predictive, prophetic), חשן (fortune teller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jós (augur, diviner, foreboder, forecaster, fortune teller, fortune-teller, oracle, prophet, prophetic, seer, soothsayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | variabile indipendente (causal variable, experiential variable, independent variable), variabile esplicativa (causal variable, effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable), variabile effetto (effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable), variabile dipendente (criterion variable, dependent data, dependent variable, effect variable, expectation, expected value, explanatory variable, manifestational variable, outcome variable, predicated variable, predictand), regressore (causal variable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 予言者 (prognosticator, prophet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | よ'"しゃ (prognosticator, prophet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 예언자 (Prophet, Prophets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | roie-insheyder, faaishneyder (augur, charmer, diviner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edictorpray profeta (augur, oracle, prophet, seer, soothsayer), preditor (causal variable), variável explicativa (causal variable, effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable), variável determinante (effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable), variáveis explanatórias (causal variable). (various references) profet (augur, diviner, oracle, prophesier, prophet, seer, soothsayer), prezicãtor (astrologer, soothsayer). (various references) предсказатель (diviner, forecaster, fortune teller, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, soothsayer). (various references) predskazivač. (various references) predictor (causal variable), vaticinador, variable independiente (argument, causal variable, independent variable), variable explicativa (causal variable, cause variable, effect variable, explanatory variable, predicated variable), variable dependiente (criterion variable, dependent variable, effect variable, expectation, expected value, explanatory variable, predicated variable, predictand). (various references) prediktor. (various references) uçaksavar atış noktasını belirleyen alet, kâhin (augur, diviner, oracle, prophet, seer, soothsayer). (various references) синоптик (prognosticator, synoptic, weatherman), віщун (anticipator, augur, chaldean, diviner, forecaster, prophesier, prophet, soothsayer), провісник (anticipator, forerunner, harbinger, nunciate, outrunner, precursor, prognostic, prognosticator, prophesier, warning). (various references) người nói trước, người đoán trước (anticipant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "predictor": predictors. (additional references) | |
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"Predictor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bredicote, Predico, predicta, predictam, preditor, productory. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "predictor" (pronounced prudi"kter) |
| 4 | -i" k t er | constrictor, stricter, Victor. |
| 3 | -k t er | abductor, actor, benefactor, character, chiropractor, collector, compactor, conductor, connecter, connector, constructor, contractor, defector, detector, detractor, director, doctor, erector, factor, Hector, inductor, injector, inspector, instructor, lector, malefactor, nectar, objector, Proctor, projector, prospector, protector, reactor, rector, refractor, sector, semiconductor, Specter, spectre, subcontractor, superconductor, tractor, vector. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-o-p-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: creditor, depictor, director. | |
-2 letters: cordite, diopter, dioptre, percoid, peridot, picoted, pierrot, porrect, predict, preriot, proteid, ripcord. | |
-3 letters: coedit, copied, copier, copter, corder, corrie, credit, depict, deport, direct, dopier, dorper, dotier, editor, erotic, orrice, period, podite, poetic, ported, porter, pretor, priced, pricer, protei, record, rector, redipt, redtop, report, rioted, rioter, ropier, torpid, torrid, trepid. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-o-p-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: descriptor, predictors. | |
+2 letters: depreciator, descriptors, dipterocarp, incorrupted, predicatory. | |
+3 letters: depreciators, depreciatory, dipterocarps, directorship, incorporated, intercropped, reciprocated, reproduction, reproductive. | |
+4 letters: deprecatorily, directorships, intercompared, particleboard, preproduction, redescription, reproductions, reproductives. | |
+5 letters: hermaphroditic, outreproducing, overproduction, particleboards, preproductions, procrastinated, redescriptions, reincorporated, reproductively, unincorporated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 64 69 63 74 6F 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01100100 01101001 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e d i c t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0064 0069 0063 0074 006F 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508471707569868184 |
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