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Noun: posteriority  pow,steer-ee'or-u-tee or pó,steer-ee'ór-u-tee [N. Amer], pó,steer-i'ó-ru-tee [Brit]
  1. Following in time
    "The posteriority of his arrival meant he missed the opening speech";
    - subsequentness, subsequence
     
  2. (quadruped) the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
    "The posteriority of the hind legs in quadrupeds enables powerful propulsion"

Derived forms: posteriorities

Type of: lateness, position, spatial relation

Antonym: anteriority, precedency