Posterior vs Glome - What's the difference?
posterior | glome |
Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
Following in order or in time.
(anatomy) Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
(botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
(anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
(geometry) A hypersphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space defined as the set of all points that are at a given distance from a given point, also called a 3-sphere.
(obsolete) To look gloomy, morose, or sullen.
In anatomy terms the difference between posterior and glome
is that posterior is nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds while glome is one of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.As nouns the difference between posterior and glome
is that posterior is the buttocks while glome is one of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.As an adjective posterior
is located behind, or towards the rear of an object.As a verb glome is
to look gloomy, morose, or sullen.posterior
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Alternative forms
* posteriour (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (located behind or towards the rear) rear, hinder, back * (Following in order or in time) laterAntonyms
* anteriorDerived terms
* posteriorlyCoordinate terms
* *Anagrams
* ----glome
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Etymology 1
(etyl) (lena) (glomus) a ball. Compare (globe).Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
Verb
(glom)- (Surrey)