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possible world

noun

logic (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world

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Nearby words

  1. possessor,
  2. possessory,
  3. posset,
  4. possibility,
  5. possible,
  6. possibly,
  7. possie,
  8. posslq,
  9. possum,
  10. possum haw
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