posterior
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- adjective
- /pəˈstɪr.i.ər/
- Formal
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posterior
- The posterior events in the timeline revealed crucial details about the investigation.
He says neither in in that case is prior nor either posterior to the other.
- He says neither in in that case is prior nor either posterior to the other.
Examples
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Numbers at nodes are bootstrap values (1,000 replicates) and posterior probabilities (106 generations) for maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference, respectively.
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By updating the prior distributions to the posterior distributions, the uncertainty in the epistemic uncertainty parameters is reduced, as illustrated in Fig. 3.
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In selected nodes, * indicates posterior probability support of 1.00.
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Comparing the posterior probability in each group, a subject was assigned to the group with the largest probability.
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Using Bayes' theorem, prior information is combined with new data to obtain updated or posterior information.
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All evolutionary parameters are reported as posterior means along with their 95% Bayesian credibility intervals.
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Thus, the calibration effort typically estimates the posterior distributions of model parameters and the discrepancy term.
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Otherwise, the uncertainty is reduced incorrectly; i.e., the bias of the posterior distribution is increased even if the variance is reduced.
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The posterior probabilities indicated that the IKOV and WCBV grouping was strongly supported, despite low sequence identity.
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Bayesian learning predicts that, after observing a useful signal, individuals should usually be more confident about their posterior beliefs relative to the counterfactual with no information.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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4.4
Happening after something else in time
Happening after something else in time
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A blood vessel that carries blood to the back part of the brain
- Specialized
A small artery that brings blood to the surface at the back of the temporal lobe
- Specialized
A large vein in an animal embryo that carries blood from the tail and back to the heart
- Specialized
A blood vessel in front of the ear that carries blood from the face toward the neck
- Specialized
Back part of the spinal cord that receives signals from the body about touch and pain
- Specialized
A blood vessel behind the labia majora that carries blood to the internal pudendal vein
- Specialized
An artery that carries blood to the outer covering of the brain at the back of the skull
- Specialized
One of the two openings at the back of the nose that leads to the throat
- Specialized
An opening at the back of the nose that leads into the upper throat
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood to the back of the brain near the temples
- Specialized
A vein at the back of the left heart that carries used blood from the muscle to a main vein
- Specialized
The back part of the small gland at the base of the brain that sends hormones to control body water
- Specialized
The back part of the gland at the brain base that stores and sends hormones for water balance and childbirth
- Specialized
A group of nerves at the back of the spine that carries feeling from the body to the spinal cord
- Specialized
A cloudy area at the back of the eye lens that makes reading and seeing in bright light difficult
- Specialized
The coloured part of the eye sticks to the clear lens behind the pupil after inflammation
- Specialized
A muscle in the upper back that helps move the ribs when you breathe
- Specialized
A thin lower back muscle that helps hold the lower ribs steady when you breathe
- Specialized
A deep muscle inside the lower leg that helps move the foot and support the arch
- Specialized
A vein that drains blood from the back of the left ventricle into the coronary sinus near the heart tip
How Late
Surface Forms
Etymology
Posterior comes from the Latin root post meaning 'after', just like postpone which means to move something to a later time. So posterior in time means 'later' or 'after' something else.