posterior
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɒsˈtɪəriə(r)/
posterior
- Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
- Synonyms: back, hinder, rear
- Following in order or in time.
- Synonyms: later
- (anatomy) Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
- (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
- French: postérieur
- German: hinter
- Italian: posteriore
- Portuguese: posterior
- Russian: за́дний
- Spanish: trasero, posterior
- French: postérieur
- German: später
- Italian: posteriore
- Portuguese: posterior
- Russian: после́дующий
- Spanish: posterior
posterior (plural posteriors)
- (euphemistic) The buttocks.
- (maths) The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
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