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posterior probability

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
pos-te-ri-or prob-a-bil-i-ty
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
8
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The probability of an event given the knowledge of occurrence of other events that bear on it: P( A | B ) as contrasted to P( A ), where A is the sought event and B is the sign or symptom event.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

posterior probabilities (plural)

Synonyms

posterior

Antonyms

prior prior probability

Questions

What does posterior probability mean?
The probability of an event given the knowledge of occurrence of other events that bear on it: P( A | B ) as contrasted to P( A ), where A is the sought event and B is the sign or symptom event.

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