Definition of Posterior

Adjective: posterior  pó'steer-ee-u(r)

  1. Located at or towards the rear of an object
     
  2. Coming at a subsequent time or stage
    "the mood posterior to";
    - later, ulterior
Noun: posterior  pó'steer-ee-u(r)
  1. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    "he deserves a good kick in the posterior";
    - buttocks, nates, butt, backside, bum, buns [N. Amer], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush [N. Amer], bottom, behind, derriere, heinie [US], derrière
     
  2. A tooth situated at the back of the mouth
    - back tooth
     
  3. (statistics) the probability distribution of parameters given observed data, as derived via Bayes' theorem

See also:
posterboard
posteriorities

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