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posteriori
(encz) | posteriori, |
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a posteriori
(encz) | a posteriori,ve smyslu Zdeněk Brož |
posteriority
(encz) | posteriority, n: |
A posteriori
(gcide) | A posteriori \A` pos*te`ri*o"ri\ [L. a (ab) + posterior latter.]
1. (Logic) Characterizing that kind of reasoning which
derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by
generalizations from facts arrives at principles and
definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the
reverse of a priori reasoning.
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2. (Philos.) Applied to knowledge which is based upon or
derived from facts through induction or experiment;
inductive or empirical.
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Posteriority
(gcide) | Posteriority \Pos*te`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
post['e]riorit['e].]
The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of
time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.
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a posteriori
(wn) | a posteriori
adv 1: derived from observed facts [ant: a priori]
adj 1: involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general
principles or from effects to causes; "a posteriori
demonstration" [ant: a priori]
2: requiring evidence for validation or support |
posteriority
(wn) | posteriority
n 1: the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
[ant: anteriority]
2: following in time [syn: posteriority, subsequentness,
subsequence] [ant: antecedence, antecedency,
anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority] |
POSTERIORITY
(bouvier) | POSTERIORITY, rights. Being or, coming after. It is a word of comparison,
the correlative of which is priority; as, when a man holds lands from two
landlords, he holds from his ancient landlord by priority and from the other
by posteriority. 2 Inst. 392.
2. These terms, priority and posteriority, are also used in cases of
liens the first are prior liens, and are to be paid in the first place; the
last are posterior liens, and are not entitled to payment until the former
have been satisfied.
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