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ˌeɪ pɒˌstɪər iˈɔr aɪ, -ˈoʊr aɪ, -ˈɔr i, -ˈoʊr ia pos·te·ri·or·i

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. a posterioriadjective

    involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes

    "a posteriori demonstration"

  2. a posterioriadverb

    requiring evidence for validation or support

  3. a posterioriadverb

    derived from observed facts

Wiktionary

  1. a posterioriadverb

    In a manner that deduces theories from facts.

  2. a posterioriadjective

    Involving deduction of theories from facts.

  3. a posterioriadjective

    Developed on a basis of languages which already exist.

  4. Etymology: Borrowed from

Wikipedia

  1. A Posteriori

    A Posteriori is the sixth studio album by German musical project Enigma, released on 22 September 2006 by Virgin Records. In December 2006, the album was nominated for Best New Age Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards.While the previous album, Voyageur, contained minimal amounts of the project's signature sounds, A Posteriori only contains the signature "Enigma horn" (a foghorn) during the opening minute of the album, and even then it is a fleeting glimpse. Coupled with the album's subject matter of the collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, A Posteriori is, compared to earlier releases, stark and foreboding.

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  1. a posteriori

    A posteriori refers to knowledge or justification that is dependent on empirical evidence or experience. It involves inductive reasoning based on observation or experimentation. This term is used mainly in philosophy, logic, and science. It contrasts with a priori knowledge, which is independent of experience or empirical evidence.

  2. a posteriori

    A posteriori refers to knowledge or reasoning derived from experience or empirical evidence. It is based on actual observation or experimentation, often used in contrast to 'a priori', which refers to knowledge that is evident through reason alone without need for physical experience. In philosophy, a posteriori propositions are those that cannot be known without reference to specific real-world examples.

  3. a posteriori

    A posteriori refers to knowledge or justification that is dependent on experience or empirical evidence. It's derived from or confirmed by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic. In philosophy, it is often contrasted with "a priori" knowledge, which is independent of experience.

Webster Dictionary

  1. A posteriori

    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

  2. A posteriori

    applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical

  3. Etymology: [L. a (ab) + posterior latter.]

Wikidata

  1. A posteriori

    A Posteriori is a 2006 music album created by the musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's sixth album. In December 2006, the album was nominated in the Best New Age Album category in the 2007 Grammy Awards. While the previous album, Voyageur, contained minimal amounts of the project's signature sounds, A posteriori only contains the signature "Enigma horn" during the opening minute of the album, and even then it is a fleeting glimpse. Coupled with the album's subject matter of the collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, A posteriori is, compared to earlier releases, stark and foreboding.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. A posteriori

    ā pos-tē-ri-ō′ri, adj. applied to reasoning from experience, from effect to cause, as opposed to a priori reasoning, from cause to effect: empirical: gained from experience. Synthetic and analytic, deductive and inductive, correspond in a general way to a priori and a posteriori. [L. a = ab, from, posteriori, abl. of posterior, comp. of posterus, after.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of a posteriori in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of a posteriori in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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  • البعديةArabic
  • im Nachhinein, a posterioriGerman
  • εκ των υστέρων, επαγωγικόςGreek
  • a posterioriSpanish
  • a posterioriFrench
  • अनुभवजन्यHindi
  • апостерио́ри, апостерио́рныйRussian
  • ஒரு போஸ்டீரிTamil

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