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

/ kɒmˈpɒsɪbəl /

adjective

1. rare,  possible in coexistence with something else

Other Word Forms

• compossibility noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of compossible¹

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

Example Sentences

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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