Noun: posteriority pow,steer-ee'or-u-tee or pó,steer-ee'ór-u-tee [N. Amer], pó,steer-i'ó-ru-tee [Brit]
- Following in time
"The posteriority of his arrival meant he missed the opening speech";
- subsequentness, subsequence
- (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