"predictors" in the noun sense
1. forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer
someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
2. predictor
information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
"the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
3. predictor
a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
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