Look up prior in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term prior may refer to: Prior (ecclesiastical), the head of a priory (monastery) Prior convictions...

A prior probability distribution of an uncertain quantity, often simply called the prior, is its assumed probability distribution before some evidence...

Prior art (also known as state of the art or background art) is a concept in patent law used to determine the patentability of an invention, in particular...

Madelaine Edith Prior MBE (born 14 August 1947) is an English folk rock singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. She was born in Blackpool...

In Bayesian statistics, the Jeffreys prior is a non-informative prior distribution for a parameter space. Named after Sir Harold Jeffreys, its density...

Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its...

James Michael Leathes Prior, Baron Prior, PC (11 October 1927 – 12 December 2016) was a British Conservative Party politician. A Member of Parliament from...

Mark William Prior (born September 7, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. A onetime top prospect of the Chicago...

Matthew Prior (21 July 1664 – 18 September 1721) was an English poet and diplomat. He is also known as a contributor to The Examiner. Prior was born in...

probability distribution family as the prior probability distribution p ( θ ) {\displaystyle p(\theta )} , the prior and posterior are then called conjugate...

Yashin Prior (born 8 August 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Championship club Livingston. In 2012, Prior made...

Edward Prior may refer to: Edward Gawler Prior (1853–1920), Canadian politician Edward Schroeder Prior (1857–1932), art professor at Cambridge University...

Lord Prior may refer to: Jim Prior, Baron Prior (1927–2016), British politician and peer David Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton (born 1954), British peer...

In statistics, the g-prior is an objective prior for the regression coefficients of a multiple regression. It was introduced by Arnold Zellner. It is...

Susan Prior is an Australian actress. Susan Prior graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. Prior has worked extensively with the...

David Prior may refer to: David Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton (born 1954), British Conservative Party politician David Prior (musician) (born 1972),...

Arthur Norman Prior (4 December 1914 – 6 October 1969), usually cited as A. N. Prior, was a New Zealand–born logician and philosopher. Prior (1957) founded...

John Prior may refer to: John Prior (politician), Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician John D. Prior (1840–1923), British trade unionist John Prior (musician)...

The speed prior is a complexity measure similar to Kolmogorov complexity, except that it is based on computation speed as well as program length. The...

David Gifford Leathes Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton (born 3 December 1954) is the former chairman of NHS England and chairman of University College Hospital...

Jaxon Prior (born 4 June 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Prior, a half...

Prior restraint (also referred to as prior censorship or pre-publication censorship) is censorship imposed, usually by a government or institution, on...

William Prior may refer to: William Wain Prior (1876–1946), Danish general William Prior (priest) (1883–1969), Anglican priest William Matthew Prior (1806–1873)...

Christopher Thomas Prior (born December 1990) is an English actor, known for his lead role as Sergey in the British-Estonian historical romantic drama...

Prior information may refer to Prior probability A prior information notice (PIN) issued in advance of procurement actions for the purposes of government...

Brian Norman Prior (born October 16, 1959) is an American prelate of the Episcopal Church currently serving as the assisting bishop in the Diocese of...

António, Prior of Crato (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu]; 1531 – 26 August 1595), sometimes called "The Determined", "The Fighter", "The Independentist"...

The Prior Analytics (Greek: Ἀναλυτικὰ Πρότερα; Latin: Analytica Priora) is a work by Aristotle on reasoning, known as syllogistic, composed around 350...

Prior authorization is a utilization management process used by some health insurance companies in the United States to determine if they will cover a...

Prior Park is a Neo-Palladian house that was designed by John Wood, the Elder, and built in the 1730s and 1740s for Ralph Allen on a hill overlooking...