posterior
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds: Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
- Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds: Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
- Following in order or in time.
Noun
- The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
- The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
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