Predictor - Definition

n 1: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the
basis of special knowledge) [syn: forecaster,
predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer]
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