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单词 compossible
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Definition of compossible in English:

compossible

adjective kəmˈpɒsɪb(ə)lkäm-
rare
  • (of one thing) compatible or possible in conjunction with another.

    〈罕〉可共存的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has declared that he does not care to accept the propriety of compossible rights and will not be bound by them.
    • My speaking Finnish is compossible with the facts considered so far, but not with further facts about my lack of training.
    • From there, I had to wonder if the mathematics of games force a conscience to develop (and to be sometimes ignored) in any suitable civilization in any compossible world invented by God.
    • Good and bad desires can then be defined as those which are compossible with, respectively, as many and as few other desires as possible.
    • To say that a number of constituted meanings are compossible is to say no more than that a transcendental subject has in fact succeeded in constituting them.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Old French, from medieval Latin compossibilis, from com- 'together with' + possibilis (see possible).

Rhymes

impossible, possible

Definition of compossible in US English:

compossible

adjectivekäm-
rare
  • (of one thing) compatible or possible in conjunction with another.

    〈罕〉可共存的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • From there, I had to wonder if the mathematics of games force a conscience to develop (and to be sometimes ignored) in any suitable civilization in any compossible world invented by God.
    • To say that a number of constituted meanings are compossible is to say no more than that a transcendental subject has in fact succeeded in constituting them.
    • My speaking Finnish is compossible with the facts considered so far, but not with further facts about my lack of training.
    • He has declared that he does not care to accept the propriety of compossible rights and will not be bound by them.
    • Good and bad desires can then be defined as those which are compossible with, respectively, as many and as few other desires as possible.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Old French, from medieval Latin compossibilis, from com- ‘together with’ + possibilis (see possible).

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