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Definition of Possibles
1. possible [n] - See also: possible
Lexicographical Neighbors of Possibles
Literary usage of Possibles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... the range of the scientia visionis or of all that actually has been, is, or
will be, while God's Omniscience embraces also the range of the possibles. ..."
2. Proceedings by American Mathematical Society (1898)
"Sur certaines applications possibles de la theorie des ensembles. Par J. HADAMARD a
Paris. Quoique la theorie des ensembles fasse abstraction de la nature ..."
3. Eternal Possibilities: A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence by David Weissman (1977)
"It is too late now to suppose that those other possibles can have reality ...
It would appear that they must exist as possibles quite apart from the fact of ..."