retrodictiveadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈdɪktɪv/, U.S.

/ˌrɛtrəˈdɪktɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retro- prefix, predictive adj.

Etymology: < retro- prefix + -dictive (in predictive adj.), after retrodiction n. Compare later retrodict v.

That has the character, quality, or function of retrodicting an earlier action or event.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [adjective] > based on hypothesis

retrodictive1895

extrapolative1929

1895 J. M. Robertson Buckle & his Critics 549 Science may be retrodictive as well as predictive.

1932 H. H. Price Perception vii. 201 Any perceptual act is bound to be among other things a prediction,..and in the same way it must be ‘retrodictive’ as well.

1959 J. Blish Clash of Cymbals v. 105 Can we write a convergent retrodictive equation?

1989 Amer. Anthropologist 91 254/1 A few curious archeologists..have devised predictive as well as retrodictive models for appraising spatial distributions.

2005 J. Woodward Making Things Happen viii. 362 Retrodictive derivations in which the present motions of the planets are derived from information about their future velocities and positions.

Derivatives

ˌretroˈdictively adv. in a retrodictive manner; by means of or as regards retrodiction.

ΚΠ

1955 Australasian Jrnl. Philos. 33 42 A₁ = creature walking, inferred retrodictively from B₁ (effect).

1978 S. D. Krasner Defending Nat. Interest viii. 313 A decision rule that can retrodictively predict when American leaders were willing to use force.

2002 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 92 120 A scholar who believed that there is nothing to explain retrodictively about these events..would be a mere chronicler of them rather than an historian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retrodictive
释义	retrodictiveadj. Brit. /ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈdɪktɪv/, U.S. /ˌrɛtrəˈdɪktɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retro- prefix, predictive adj. Etymology: < retro- prefix + -dictive (in predictive adj.), after retrodiction n. Compare later retrodict v. That has the character, quality, or function of retrodicting an earlier action or event. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [adjective] > based on hypothesis retrodictive1895 extrapolative1929 1895 J. M. Robertson Buckle & his Critics 549 Science may be retrodictive as well as predictive. 1932 H. H. Price Perception vii. 201 Any perceptual act is bound to be among other things a prediction,..and in the same way it must be ‘retrodictive’ as well. 1959 J. Blish Clash of Cymbals v. 105 Can we write a convergent retrodictive equation? 1989 Amer. Anthropologist 91 254/1 A few curious archeologists..have devised predictive as well as retrodictive models for appraising spatial distributions. 2005 J. Woodward Making Things Happen viii. 362 Retrodictive derivations in which the present motions of the planets are derived from information about their future velocities and positions. Derivatives ˌretroˈdictively adv. in a retrodictive manner; by means of or as regards retrodiction. ΚΠ 1955 Australasian Jrnl. Philos. 33 42 A₁ = creature walking, inferred retrodictively from B₁ (effect). 1978 S. D. Krasner Defending Nat. Interest viii. 313 A decision rule that can retrodictively predict when American leaders were willing to use force. 2002 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 92 120 A scholar who believed that there is nothing to explain retrodictively about these events..would be a mere chronicler of them rather than an historian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1895
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