"forecastability" meaning in All languages combined

See forecastability on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: forecastabilities [plural]
Etymology: From forecast + -ability. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|forecast|ability}} forecast + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} forecastability (usually uncountable, plural forecastabilities)
  1. A measure of the degree to which something may be forecast with accuracy. Tags: uncountable, usually

Noun [English]

  1. 2009, Peter M. Catt, "Forecastability: Insights from Physics, Graphical Decomposition, and Information Theory", in Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, issue 13, pages 24–33:
    Sense id: en-forecastability-en-noun-pjlTvRDe

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