hindcast

\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

: a statistical calculation determining probable past conditions (as of marine wave characteristics at a given place and time)

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hindˈcast noun

A test of the accuracy of a predictive model by checking whether it can predict a known historical outcome from the events known to have preceded it

transitive verb and intransitive verb (pat and pap hindˈcast (sometimes hindˈcasted))

To test (a predictive model) in this way

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