a posteriori

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  1. adjective Derived by or designating the process of reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes; inductive; empirical.
  2. adjective Justified by appeal to experience.
  3. adjective Knowable from experience.

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  1. Medieval Latin : Latin a, from + Latin posteriorī, ablative of posterior, later.

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  1. Middle Latin: L. a for ab, from; posteriori, ablative of posterior, neuter posterius, comparative of posterus, after, subsequent: see posterior.
 

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/eɪ pɑstirɪˈoʊrai/
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