retrodiction
noun/ˌɹɛtɹəˈdɪkʃən/
Etymology
Blend of retro- + prediction.
- learned borrowing from praedictiō
Definitions
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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