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retrodictions

retrodictions is the plural of retrodiction.

Meaning of retrodiction

Noun

retrodiction (countable and uncountable, plural retrodictions)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    postdiction

Questions about retrodictions

What is retrodictions the plural of?
Retrodictions is the plural of retrodiction.

Words near retrodictions in the dictionary

  1. retrodialysis
  2. retrodict
  3. retrodicted
  4. retrodicting
  5. retrodiction
  6. retrodictions
  7. retrodictive
  8. retrodicts
  9. retrodiene
  10. retrodifferentiate
  11. retrodifferentiated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retrodictions (page history and authors); retrodiction (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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