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Adjective: a posteriori  `ey`pós-ti-ree'or-ee
  1. Involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes
    "a posteriori demonstration"
     
  2. Requiring evidence for validation or support
Adverb: a posteriori  `ey`pós-ti-ree'or-ee
  1. Derived from observed facts

See also: empiric, empirical, inductive, synthetic, synthetical

Antonym: a priori

Encyclopedia: A posteriori

Nearest

A horizon
a hundred times
a Kempis
à la carte
a la mode
A level
a little
a lot
a million times
a month of Sundays
a posteriori
a priori
A road
a trifle
A. A. Michelson
A. A. Milne
A. Conan Doyle
A. E. Burnside
A. E. Housman
A. E. Kennelly
A. E. W. Mason