A POSTERIORI

a posteriori (ay pos-teer-ee-or-Ior ah pos-teer-ee-or-ee), adv. [Latin “from what comes after”] Inductively; from the particular to the general, or from known effects to their inferred causes (as a legal analyst, she reasoned a posteriori — from countless individual cases to generalized rules that she finally applied). Cf. A PRIORI. — a posteriori, adj.