posterior — meaning in English

English meaning

• hind adj Located at or toward the back, especially of an animal's body.
• posterior adj Located at or nearer the back of something, especially the body.

Senses

posterior is used for these senses in English:

• hind Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

hind — full definition

1. adj Located at or toward the back, especially of an animal's body.
2. noun A female deer, especially an adult red deer.

posterior — full definition

1. adj Located at or nearer the back of something, especially the body.
2. noun (informal) The buttocks.
3. noun (statistics) In Bayesian analysis, the updated probability of something being true after taking new evidence into account.