a prediction

Definition of a prediction in English English dictionary: predict; prevision
prediction: a prophecy
prediction: To be able to predict future events before they occur
prediction: {n} a foretelling, prophesy, tocken
prediction: A statement of what will happen in the future
prediction: If you make a prediction about something, you say what you think will happen. He was unwilling to make a prediction about which books would sell in the coming year Weather prediction has never been a perfect science. a statement about what you think is going to happen, or the act of making this statement prediction of
prediction: A scientific model to explain what happens, and why it happens
prediction: A learning strategy that involves taking information gained from listening or reading, identifying questions that emerge, and then guessing the answers before the answers are apparent Prediction can facilitate understanding and remembering
prediction: 1 the act of predicting 2 an instance of this; something predicted; prophecy
prediction: Prediction is defined as Use of a CFD model to foretell the state of a physical system under conditions for which the CFD model has not been validated (AIAA G-077-1998)
prediction: of tides: The mathematical process in which the values of the basic harmonic constituents for a given location are projected into the future, and their amplitudes added for any given time to obtain the predicted tidal height; nowadays performed mostly by computers; mechanical tide predicting machines having been used frequently in the past See also Fourier series
prediction: A specific statement about a future condition Usually made by non-experts (who would like to add qualifications or ranges) An example would be "who is going to win the football game this week"
prediction: The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy
prediction: The value of the payoff that a classifier calculates it will receive
prediction: Forecast or extrapolation of the future state of a system from current or past states
prediction: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) a statement made about the future
prediction: An indication in advance based on observation, experience, or scientific reason (A state in advance as to what one believes will happen, a foretelling )
prediction: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
prediction: A projection in advance of an event based on observation, experience, or scientific reason
prediction: a statement made about the future
prediction: The prediction of one variable (Y) on the basis of one or more predictor variables (Xi)
prediction: Using computer models to forecast an occurrence, eg the weather or what is likely if a pilot makes an error
prediction: {i} prognostication, divination; prophecy, soothsaying; forecasting, act of foretelling
prediction: The explanation of an event that has not yet occurred by reference to observed regularities in the natural world Recommended Reading: Wesley C Salmon, Causality and Explanation (Oxford, 1997) {at Amazon com}; Peter Spirtes, Clark Glymour, and Richard Scheines, Causation, Prediction, and Search (MIT, 2001) {at Amazon com}; Judea Pearl, Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference (Cambridge, 2001) {at Amazon com}; and Karl Raimund Popper, Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (Routledge, 1992) {at Amazon com} Also see OCP and noesis
prediction: foretelling