Definition of Forecasting

1. Noun. A statement made about the future.


Definition of Forecasting

1. forecast [v] - See also: forecast

Medical Definition of Forecasting

1. The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology. (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Forecasting

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

1. U. S. Spectrum Management Policy: Agenda for the Future (1994)
"Spectrum Use forecasting We define "spectrum use forecasting" as the ... forecasting often entails prediction of new technologies or spectrum demand trends, ..."

2. Computer Models for Water-Resources Planning and Management: National Study by Ralph A. Wurbs (1997)
"Municipal and industrial water use forecasting is based on relating water use to estimates of future values of one (such as population) or more (possibly ..."

3. Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day by Ralph Abercromby (1887)
"Now we know that when we talk about forecasting weather, we mean that we are ... AIDS TO forecasting. In this chapter we propose to make some additional ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"On some recent Developments of the Method of forecasting by means of Synoptic Charts. ... S. The method of forecasting based upon the movements of cyclonic ..."

5. Modern Geography for High Schools by Rollin D. Salisbury, Harlan Harland Barrows, Walter Sheldon Tower (1913)
"In these ways and many more, weather changes and weather forecasting affect everyday life. Since weather changes are associated directly with irregular ..."

6. Modern Geography for High Schools by Rollin D. Salisbury, Harlan Harland Barrows, Walter Sheldon Tower (1913)
"In these ways and many more, weather changes and weather forecasting affect everyday life. Since weather changes are associated directly with irregular ..."

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