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predictive | covary |

As an adjective predictive

is .

As a verb covary is

(statistics) to vary together with another variable, particularly in a way that may be predictive.

predictive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Useful in predicting.
  • :The amount of rain in April is predictive of the number of mosquitoes in May.
  • (computing) Describing a predictor.

    • Derived terms

    *predictive text

    Antonyms

    *reactive

    covary

    English

    Verb

  • (statistics) To vary together with another variable, particularly in a way that may be predictive
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    • , passage=More specifically, to say that there is an informative criterion of diachronic identity is to say that facts of diachronic identity covary with facts about continuants’ instantaneous qualitative profiles

    Related terms

    * covariance * covariate