retrodiction

noun
/ˌɹɛtɹəˈdɪkʃən/

Etymology

Blend of retro- + prediction.

  1. learned borrowing from praedictiō
  2. compounded as retrodiction — “retro- + prediction

Definitions

  1. A form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful…

    A form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to be of immediate use.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for retrodiction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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