retrodict
retrodict verb: to attempt to estimate the previous state from the present.
Verb
retrodict (third-person singular simple present retrodicts, present participle retrodicting, simple past and past participle retrodicted)
- To attempt to estimate the previous state from the present.
- Many are impressed by the fact that climate models can "retrodict" climatic change—that is, use past climatic data (say, from the 1860s) to predict climatic data from the less-distant past (say, from the 1920s). They should not be.2013, Jamie Whyte, The Wall Street Journal, Jamie Whyte: Science Says So, Suckers!
Antonyms of retrodict
Forms of retrodict
| third-person singular present | retrodicts |
|---|---|
| present participle | retrodicting |
| past participle | retrodicted |
| past | retrodicted |
Origin of retrodict
From retro- + predict.
Questions about retrodict
- What does retrodict mean?
- Retrodict means to attempt to estimate the previous state from the present.
- What part of speech is retrodict?
- Retrodict is a verb.
- What is the past tense of retrodict?
- The past tense of retrodict is retrodicted.
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