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...

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

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 probability, the Jeffreys prior, named after Sir Harold Jeffreys, is a non-informative prior distribution for a parameter space; its density...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, KCIE, FRGS (9 December 1896 – 11 October 1972) was a British Indian Army and Indian Political Service officer. The only son...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

Ted Prior may refer to: Ted Prior (actor) (born 1959), actor, writer and producer for some television series Ted Prior (writer), writer of Australian children's...

Matthew James Prior (born 26 February 1982) is a South African-born English former cricketer, who played for England in Test cricket and for Sussex County...

Alexander Prior (born 5 October 1992) is a British composer and conductor who studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was Chief Conductor of...

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...