retrodicted
/ˌrɛtroʊˈdɪktɪd/
verb
- To state or guess what happened in the past based on present information or evidence.
- Historians retrodicted the population of the city before the earthquake.
- The scientist retrodicted the ancient climate using data from ice cores.
- Using the fossil, the paleontologist retrodicted the size of the prehistoric fish.
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