Posterior
adjective
Located behind or towards the rear of something.
The posterior end of the car was badly damaged.
Often appears as...
- posterior end
- posterior part
noun
A person's buttocks.
He fell on his posterior.
Often appears as...
- on one's posterior
- fall on one's posterior
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Humorous
adjective
Coming after in time or order, later.
The gallery was built in the posterior part of the 19th century.
Often appears as...
- posterior period
- posterior date
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Formal
Academic
adjective
In anatomy, relating to the back part of the body.
The posterior part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
Often appears as...
- posterior chamber
- posterior lobe
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Technical
adjective
Located behind or towards the rear of something.
The posterior end of the car was badly damaged.
Often appears as...
- posterior end
- posterior part
noun
A person's buttocks.
He fell on his posterior.
Often appears as...
- on one's posterior
- fall on one's posterior
Usage tips
Humorous
adjective
Coming after in time or order, later.
The gallery was built in the posterior part of the 19th century.
Often appears as...
- posterior period
- posterior date
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
In anatomy, relating to the back part of the body.
The posterior part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
Often appears as...
- posterior chamber
- posterior lobe
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Imagine an object with a front and back to remember 'posterior' refers to the rear.
The posterior compartment of the vehicle stores luggage.
Pro Tip 2/2Spatial Relationships
Use 'posterior' when describing the back position of something in spatial contexts.
She attached the ribbon to the posterior side of the gift.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Imagine an object with a front and back to remember 'posterior' refers to the rear.
The posterior compartment of the vehicle stores luggage.
Pro Tip 2/2Spatial Relationships
Use 'posterior' when describing the back position of something in spatial contexts.
She attached the ribbon to the posterior side of the gift.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Imagine an object with a front and back to remember 'posterior' refers to the rear.
The posterior compartment of the vehicle stores luggage.
Pro Tip 2/2Spatial Relationships
Use 'posterior' when describing the back position of something in spatial contexts.
She attached the ribbon to the posterior side of the gift.
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Ken Kamler: Medical...
but he's using this energy to think about what he has to do to get himself going. And then, that energy is sort of spreading throughout his thought areas. He's not thinking about his family now, and he's getting himself motivated. This is the posterior part, where his muscles are going to be moving,
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A simple way to break a...
So it actually works. And when we studied the brains of experienced meditators, we found that parts of a neural network of self-referential processing called the default mode network were at play. Now, one current hypothesis is that a region of this network, called the posterior cingulate cortex,
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Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
That's what it's doing. This is true for all mammals -- in humans, it got a lot worse. Humans actually developed the front of the neocortex, called the anterior part of the neocortex. And nature did a little trick. It copied the posterior, the back part, which is sensory, and put it in the front.
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Can you solve the false...
once we know that the device did return a positive reading. This is known as the conditional, or posterior probability, determined once the possibilities have been narrowed down through observation. Many people are confused by the false positive paradox
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The Magic Ingredient PIPE...
in their beer was happening they got yeast out of their environment early brew is literally waited around for yeast cells to fall out of the sky and do their magic Louis Pasteur changed all that they learned for my posterior that yeast was
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Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
just the dividing wall and there we go so of course we can't see that and the dogs don't have that dividing wall so in inside they don't have this what they call anterior and posterior chamber and then the last thing and then my Oh
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Eyes: The Windows to...
the back of the eye to the brain this patient has a really interesting finding in the iris we call these posterior cine kiai these little brown spots are adhesions between the iris and the lens they're signs of inflammation
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Can you guess what's...
and the branch hiding Cupid’s posterior were other add-ons. Removing two layers of censorship from the painting, it was finally free to boast its provocative original details. This massive painting called “The Night Watch”
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An Educational Video...
often sit another method emerged their eye catching chests are thought to play the same role that an attractive posterior plays for many other primate species I say why can't it be both their
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The science of...
When you look at an object, thousands of neurons in your posterior cortex fire. These neurons encode various characteristics of the spiky, fruit, brown, green, and yellow.
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Ken Kamler: Medical...
but he's using this energy to think about what he has to do to get himself going. And then, that energy is sort of spreading throughout his thought areas. He's not thinking about his family now, and he's getting himself motivated. This is the posterior part, where his muscles are going to be moving,
Video examples
A simple way to break a...
So it actually works. And when we studied the brains of experienced meditators, we found that parts of a neural network of self-referential processing called the default mode network were at play. Now, one current hypothesis is that a region of this network, called the posterior cingulate cortex,
Video examples
Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
That's what it's doing. This is true for all mammals -- in humans, it got a lot worse. Humans actually developed the front of the neocortex, called the anterior part of the neocortex. And nature did a little trick. It copied the posterior, the back part, which is sensory, and put it in the front.
Video examples
Can you solve the false...
once we know that the device did return a positive reading. This is known as the conditional, or posterior probability, determined once the possibilities have been narrowed down through observation. Many people are confused by the false positive paradox
Video examples
The Magic Ingredient PIPE...
in their beer was happening they got yeast out of their environment early brew is literally waited around for yeast cells to fall out of the sky and do their magic Louis Pasteur changed all that they learned for my posterior that yeast was
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
just the dividing wall and there we go so of course we can't see that and the dogs don't have that dividing wall so in inside they don't have this what they call anterior and posterior chamber and then the last thing and then my Oh
Video examples
Eyes: The Windows to...
the back of the eye to the brain this patient has a really interesting finding in the iris we call these posterior cine kiai these little brown spots are adhesions between the iris and the lens they're signs of inflammation
Video examples
Can you guess what's...
and the branch hiding Cupid’s posterior were other add-ons. Removing two layers of censorship from the painting, it was finally free to boast its provocative original details. This massive painting called “The Night Watch”
Video examples
An Educational Video...
often sit another method emerged their eye catching chests are thought to play the same role that an attractive posterior plays for many other primate species I say why can't it be both their
Video examples
The science of...
When you look at an object, thousands of neurons in your posterior cortex fire. These neurons encode various characteristics of the spiky, fruit, brown, green, and yellow.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have.
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Rhianna Pratchett
English Designer
The type of Alzheimer's Dad has is rare - posterior cortical atrophy or PCA - and it affects his spatial awareness and the way he judges distance. His first symptoms were erratic typing and spelling, but to talk to him, you'd never know there was a problem.
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A. J. Liebling
American Journalist
If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have.
Quote examples
Rhianna Pratchett
English Designer
The type of Alzheimer's Dad has is rare - posterior cortical atrophy or PCA - and it affects his spatial awareness and the way he judges distance. His first symptoms were erratic typing and spelling, but to talk to him, you'd never know there was a problem.
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A. J. Liebling
American Journalist
If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
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