📖 Definitions of "Posterior"
noun
- 1
The buttocks.
- 2
The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
adjective
- 1
Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
- 2
Following in order or in time.
- 3
Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
- 4
Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
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