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Meaning of "retrodiction" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RETRODICTION

retrodiction  [ˌrɛtrəˈdɪkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETRODICTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retrodiction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RETRODICTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retrodiction in the English dictionary

The definition of retrodiction in the dictionary is the act of retrodicting.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETRODICTION


addiction
əˈdɪkʃən
affliction
əˈflɪkʃən
benediction
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪkʃən
contradiction
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən
conviction
kənˈvɪkʃən
crucifixion
ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən
depiction
dɪˈpɪkʃən
diction
ˈdɪkʃən
eviction
ɪˈvɪkʃən
fiction
ˈfɪkʃən
friction
ˈfrɪkʃən
indiction
ɪnˈdɪkʃən
interdiction
ˌɪntəˈdɪkʃən
jurisdiction
ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃən
malediction
ˌmælɪˈdɪkʃən
nonfiction
ˌnɒnˈfɪkʃən
prediction
prɪˈdɪkʃən
restriction
rɪˈstrɪkʃən
self-contradiction
ˌsɛlfˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən
valediction
ˌvælɪˈdɪkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETRODICTION

retroactivity
retrobulbar
retrocede
retrocedence
retrocedent
retrocession
retrocessive
retrochoir
retrocognition
retrodict
retrodictive
retroengine
retrofire
retrofit
retrofitted
retrofitting
retrofittings
retroflected
retroflection
retroflex

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETRODICTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of retrodiction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retrodiction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETRODICTION

Find out the translation of retrodiction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of retrodiction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retrodiction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

retrodiction
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retrodicción
570 millions of speakers

English

retrodiction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

retrodiction
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

retrodiction
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

retrodiction
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retrodição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

retrodiction
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rétrodiction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemerosotan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Retrodiktion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

retrodiction
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

retrodiction
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retrodiksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

retrodiction
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

retrodiction
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वसुली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

retrodiction
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retrodizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

retrodiction
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

retrodiction
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

retrodiction
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

retrodiction
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

retrodiction
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

retrodiction
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retrodiction
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retrodiction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRODICTION»

The term «retrodiction» is used very little and occupies the 191.191 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRODICTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «retrodiction» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «retrodiction» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about retrodiction

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETRODICTION»

Discover the use of retrodiction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retrodiction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Writing History: Essay on Epistemology
Causality. and. "Retrodiction. History is not a science, and its way of explaining is to "make clear," to tell how things happened, which does not result in something substantially different from our usual daily newspaper, every morning or every ...
Paul Veyne, 1984
2
Symmetry of Physical Laws
Conversely, observer B's retrodiction based on the equal distribution that one half of the cases must have originated from (l) and the other half from ^2) may be completely wrongj monitor A may have handed over to retrodictor B only those ...
Michael Satosi Watanabe, 1953
3
Scientific Explanation
Nevertheless, it seems clear that Hempel-Oppenheim, in enunciating their symmetry thesis, did not mean to assert that prediction and retrodiction are equally reliable. They meant rather to say that an argument from temporally prior antecedent ...
Philip Kitcher, Wesley C. Salmon, 1962
4
Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2013: ...
One advanced OOSM algorithm is the so-called Retrodiction [5]. Upon OOSM arrival, a backward prediction in the past to the OOSM timestamp is calculated, followed by an innovation with the OOSM. A practical modification called Reduced ...
Jan Fischer-Wolfarth, Gereon Meyer, 2013
5
Advanced Signal Processing Handbook: Theory and ...
indicated by ∆, + in Figure 8.6 along with the final tracking result obtained after processing the raw data (i.e., MHT and retrodiction). For both scenarios, the minimum mean squared error (MMSE) estimates of the targets' positions are displayed.
Stergios Stergiopoulos, 2000
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Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII: Proceedings of the ...
Retrodiction with Two-Level Atoms: Atomic Previvals and Micromaser Field Measurements John Jeffers1, Stephen M. Barnett1 and David T. Pegg2 (1) Department of Physics, The University of Strathclyde. 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow, G4 ONG, ...
N.P. Bigelow, J.H. Eberly, C.R. Stroud Jr., 2004
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Marketing Theory: Foundations, Controversy, Strategy, ...
Although the terms explanation and prediction are familiar words in common English, the term retrodiction belongs strictly to the scientific vocabulary. The term retrodiction, as used by Ryle (1949, p. 124), implies making inferences about the  ...
Shelby D. Hunt, 2010
8
A Practical Study of Argument, Enhanced Edition
We reason from past cases to future ones. However, induction may also involve reasoning from the recent past and present to the distant past. Such reasoning is fundamental in archaeology and geology. It is called retrodiction. An example of ...
Trudy Govier, 2013
9
Intelligent Universe: AI, ET, and the Emerging Mind of the ...
From the perspective of the evidentiary standards applicable to historical science in general and astrobiology in particular, the key retrodiction of the SB hypothesis — that the fundamental constants of nature that comprise the Standard Model ...
James N. Gardner, 2006
10
The Road to Maxwell's Demon: Conceptual Foundations of ...
retrodiction. Consider a system G (represented by two of its degrees of freedom, G1 and G2) that is in the macrostate [M 1] at the present time to, as illustrated in Figure 10.1. The dynamical evolution is such that the blob in the future time t1 is ...
Meir Hemmo, Orly R. Shenker, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETRODICTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retrodiction is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Chicago and Allstate partner to predict food safety violations
The city tested the model in a doubleblind retrodiction of September and October 2014, finding that following its algorithm would have resulted in 69 percent of ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
2
Κβαντική η «μηχανή του χρόνου»!
Το συγκλονιστικό που προέκυψε είναι ότι αυτή η «εκ των υστέρων πρόβλεψη» (retrodiction) ήταν κατά 90% ακριβής. Δηλαδή, όταν τελικά διάβαζαν την ... «Το Βήμα Online, Mar 15»
3
Tidal Lagoon Power Set To Power Wales
The historical retrodiction means they are confident of the math on a scale of 2000 years. The only reason they don't offer the service for AD 4000 must be lack of ... «CleanTechnica, Mar 15»
4
Kuantum Dünyasında Gelecek Geçmişi Etkiliyor!
İkisine birlikte bakarsak ve bilgiyi eşit olarak tartarsak, önemi sonradan anlaşılan bir tahmin ya da bir “retrodiction” ( bugünün bilgisiyle geçmişi yorumlama ) ... «Onedio, Feb 15»
5
Bizarre quantum experiment suggests time can run backwards
... trajectory and if we look at them both together and weight the information in both equally, we get something we call a hindsight prediction, or 'retrodiction.'. «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
6
Mythicism and the Teacher of Righteousness
Plus there's also a kind of a retrodiction of Jesus's later historical importance. And I think a bit of the usual problem common to both mythicists and Biblical ... «Patheos, Nov 14»
7
NBA Draft Projection Model: Explanation and Retrodictions (1983 to …
I have not yet applied this step to the retrodictions below, but I may do so before the draft. I have played with the numbers and while it improves the prediction, ... «Canis Hoopus, May 13»
8
Embarrassment, Muhammad, and Jesus
After reading E.P. Sanders on your recommendation, I commented on an earlier post here that I thought Sanders underestimated the likelihood of “retrodiction”, ... «Patheos, Apr 13»
9
Turing Centenary Speech (New Aesthetic)
A guy's centenary is a great opportunity for other people to indulge themselves in retrodiction. We reassess Alan Turing, and, as with most historical figures, we ... «Wired, Jun 12»
10
Models Based on 'Fundamentals' Have Failed at Predicting …
It's much harder actually to make good predictions. Everything I'm looking at here was an actual prediction — not a “retrodiction” that was published after the fact. «New York Times, Mar 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Retrodiction [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/retrodiction>. Apr 2024 ».
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