Definition of Backcast

1. n. Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.

Definition of Backcast

1. Verb. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future. ¹

2. Noun. A cast or throw back. ¹

3. Noun. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back. ¹

4. Noun. (figuratively) Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure. ¹

5. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) Misfortune; reverse; relapse in illness; moral backsliding. ¹

6. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) Retrospect; hindsight. ¹

7. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) backwater ¹

8. Adjective. (context: UK dialectal) Retrospective. ¹

9. Adverb. (context: UK dialectal) (context: of time) Long ago; in the past. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Backcast

1. a backward movement in casting a fishing line [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backcast

backbox
backboxes
backbreaker
backbreakers
backbreaking
backbreakingly
backburn
backburned
backburner
backburners
backburning
backburns
backcard
backcards
backcare
backcast (current term)
backcasted
backcasting
backcasts
backchannel
backchanneled
backchanneling
backchannelled
backchannelling
backchannels
backchat
backchats
backchatted
backchatting
backcheck

Literary usage of Backcast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"We canno' backcast it," said by a widow of her son's illness, meaning, 'We cannot now order it differently.'— Feb., 1892. This is not the general meaning. ..."

2. SAS/ETS(R) 9.1 User's Guide, Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 by SAS Institute (2004)
"backcast= n Specifies the number of years to backcast the series. The default is backcast= 0. See “Effect of backcast and Forecast Length” later in this ..."

3. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Used in S. E. Worcestershire, Together with by Jesse Salisbury (1894)
"We canno' backcast it," said by a widow of her son's illness, meaning, 'We cannot now order it differently.'— Feb., 1892. This is not the general meaning. ..."

4. A List of Words and Phrases in Every-day Use by the Natives of Hetton-le by Francis Milnes Temple Palgrave (1896)
"Yet the native word sounds far more expressive. It is also very common as a mark of approval or attention, in listening to a narration. backcast. ..."

5. SAS(R) 9.1.3 High-Performance Forecasting: User's Guide, Third Edition, 2 by SAS Publishing, Publishing SAS Publishing (2005)
"... the final backcast trend state. Using these predictions based on the demand index, predictions of the average demand pen period are provided directly, ..."

6. SAS High-Performance Forecasting 2.2: User's Guide (2006)
"For double smoothing, L\ = max(gri — TQ /aq, LQ) where aq is the weight parameter and TQ is the final backcast trend state. Using these predictions based on ..."

7. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"backcast, a relapse, or any kind of throwing back. "Aa wis gettin' nicely better, but aa's lied a sair backcast." BACK-END, the annexe at the back of a ..."

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