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posterior
English
Alternative forms
- posteriour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??st??.?i.?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /po??st??.i.?/, /p??st??.i.?/
- Rhymes: -???i?(?)
Adjective
posterior (comparative more posterior, superlative most posterior)
- (anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
- Synonyms: back, hinder, rear
- Antonym: anterior
- (medicine) Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
- (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
- (formal) Following in order or in time.
- Synonym: later
- Antonym: prior
Coordinate terms
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms
Related terms
- auricularis posterior
- post-
Translations
Noun
posterior (plural posteriors)
- (euphemistic, humorous) The hinder parts of the body.
- Synonyms: buttocks; see also Thesaurus:buttocks
- (mathematics) The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
Translations
References
- “posterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “posterior”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- repositor, torporise
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin posterior.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /pos.t?.?i?o/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pus.t?.?i?o/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pos.te.?i?o?/
Adjective
posterior (masculine and feminine plural posteriors)
- posterior (following in order or in time)
- Antonym: anterior
- posterior (located behind, or towards the rear of an object)
- Antonym: anterior
Derived terms
- posterioritat
- posteriorment
Further reading
- “posterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “posterior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “posterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “posterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin posterior.
Adjective
posterior (plural posterior-posterior)
- (anatomy, medicine, dentistry) posterior
Coordinate terms
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proksimal,? ventral (Category: id:Medicine) [edit]
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apikal,? apikokoronal,? aksial,? bukal,? bukoapikal,? bukoservikal,? bukogingival,? bukolabial,? bukolingual,? bukooklusal,? bukopalatal,? servikal,? koronal,? koronoapikal,? distal,? distoapikal,? distobukal,? distoservikal,? distokoronal,? distofasial,? distogingival,? distoinsisal,? distolingual,? distooklusal,? distoklusal,? distopalatal,? fasial,? gingival,? insisal,? insisoservikal,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobukal,? linguooklusal,? mandibular,? maksilar,? mesial,? mesioapikal,? mesiobukal,? mesioservikal,? mesiokoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofasial,? mesioinsisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesiooklusal,? mesioklusal,? mesiopalatal,? oklusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proksimal,? superior,? vestibular (Category: id:Dentistry) [edit]
Latin
Etymology
Comparative degree of posterus, from post.
Adjective
posterior (neuter posterius, positive posterus); third declension
- (of time) coming after, later; next, following
- the later of the two, (of persons) the younger
- (of space) further to the back, hinder, posterior
- later in position or order of mention, latter
- less important, secondary, inferior
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Noun
posterior m (genitive posteri?ris); third declension
- (chiefly in the plural) later generations
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- posterit?s
Descendants
References
- “posterior” on page 1554 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
- posterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- posterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin posterior.
Adjective
posterior m or f (plural posteriores, comparable)
- posterior (following in order or in time)
- Synonym: ulterior
- posterior (located in the rear)
- Synonym: traseiro
- (phonetics) back (produced in the back of the mouth)
- Synonym: traseiro
Derived terms
- posteriormente
Further reading
- “posterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French postérieur, from Latin posterior.
Adjective
posterior m or n (feminine singular posterior?, masculine plural posteriori, feminine and neuter plural posteriore)
- posterior
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin posterior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poste??jo?/, [pos.t?e??jo?]
Adjective
posterior (plural posteriores)
- posterior, later
- Antonym: anterior
Derived terms
- posterioridad
- posteriormente
Further reading
- “posterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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postern
English
Etymology
From Old French posterne, alteration of posterle, from Late Latin posterula (“back door”), from Latin posterus (“later”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?st(?)n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?st?n/
Noun
postern (plural posterns)
- A back gate, back door, side entrance, or other gateway distinct from the main entrance.
- (archaic) By extension, a separate or hidden way in or out of a place, situation etc.
- (historical, military) A subterranean passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
- 1850, Dennis Hart Mahan, Summary of the Course of Permanent Fortification and of the Attack and Defence of Permanent Works
- The postern of the enceinte leads through the middle of the curtain, descending from the plane of sight to the ditch
- 1850, Dennis Hart Mahan, Summary of the Course of Permanent Fortification and of the Attack and Defence of Permanent Works
Translations
Adjective
postern (comparative more postern, superlative most postern)
- Situated at the rear; posterior.
Translations
Anagrams
- Preston, pronest, reptons
Swedish
Noun
postern
- definite singular of poster
Anagrams
- portens, prosten, sporten, torpens
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