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compossible

[ kom-pos-uh-buhl, kuhm- ]

adjective

  1. compatible; potentially consistent, as with another statement, theory, etc.
  2. able to exist or happen together.


compossible

/ ɒˈɒɪə /

adjective

  1. rare.
    possible in coexistence with something else
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dz·Dzȴ·i·ٲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of compossible1

From the Medieval Latin word compossibilis, dating back to 1630–40. See com-, possible
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Example Sentences

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Now, since the impulse toward actualization dwells in every possible essence, and is the more justifiable the more perfect the essence, a competition goes on before God, in which, first, those monod-possibilities unite which are mutually compatible or compossible, and, then, among the different conceivable combinations of monads or worlds that one is ordained for entrance into existence which shows the greatest possible sum of perfection.

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