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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
retrodiction /ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/

▶noun the explanation or interpretation of past events inferred from the laws that are assumed to have governed them.

– derivatives
retrodict verb.

– origin C19: from retro- + prediction.

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