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forecastability

forecastability noun: a measure of the degree to which something may be forecast with accuracy.

Noun

forecastability (usually uncountable, plural forecastabilities)

  1. (usually) A measure of the degree to which something may be forecast with accuracy.
    • My aim with this paper is to equip forecasters with some cross-disciplinary theory on forecastability and to provide practical techniques for assessing how forecastable a historical time series is.2009, Peter M. Catt, "Forecastability: Insights from Physics, Graphical Decomposition, and Information Theory", in Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, issue 13, pages 24–33

Forms of forecastability

pluralforecastabilities

Origin of forecastability

From forecast + -ability.

Questions about forecastability

What does forecastability mean?
Forecastability means a measure of the degree to which something may be forecast with accuracy.
What part of speech is forecastability?
Forecastability is a noun.
What is the plural of forecastability?
The plural of forecastability is forecastabilities.

Words near forecastability in the dictionary

  1. forecars
  2. forecast
  3. forecast lead time
  4. forecast lead times
  5. forecastabilities
  6. forecastability
  7. forecastable
  8. forecasted
  9. forecaster
  10. forecasters
  11. forecastest

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