Meaning of PREDICTOR

Pronunciation:			pri'diktur
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival [n]  someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
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	Synonyms:		forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer
	See Also:		ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, astrologer, astrologist, computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, flack, flak, fortune teller, fortuneteller, illusionist, information, information processing system, pom-pom, seer, visionary
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Pre*dict"or\, n. One who predicts; a foreteller.
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		astrologer, augur, calamity howler, Cassandra, crystal gazer, divinator, diviner, divineress, Druid, forecaster, foreknower, foreseer, foreshower, foreteller, fortuneteller, geomancer, haruspex, palmist, prefigurer, presager, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, prophet of doom, prophetess, psychic, pythoness, religious prophets, seer, seeress, soothsayer, vates, weather prophet