possible world

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

A cold, wet storm system is forecast to travel through California later this week, increasing the chances that Los Angeles on Saturday could get its first rainfall since early May — which would coincide with a possible World Series Game 7 at Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times

In the age of climate change and mounting efforts toward sustainability, cassava is emerging as a possible world crop.

From Salon

He also worked on that park’s interactive scavenger hunt, the now-retired “Kim Possible: World Showcase Adventure,” and more recently devised a realistic “Star Wars” lightsaber that simulated the look of an illuminated, retractable blade, which many online patent hunters have compared, in simplified terms, to a sort of reverse tape measure.

From Los Angeles Times

He also worked on that park’s interactive scavenger hunt, the now-retired “Kim Possible: World Showcase Adventure,” and more recently devised a realistic “Star Wars” lightsaber that simulated the look of an illuminated, retractable blade, which many online patent hunters have compared, in simplified terms, to a sort of reverse tape measure.

From Los Angeles Times

So whether it is a possible world war, stochastic terrorism, Christian theocracy, climate change, Donald Trump, our own government or something else unforeseen, for most people it is a time of trepidation and terror.

From Salon