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- | '''Possibility''' is the condition or fact of being '''possible'''. The [[Latin]] origins of the word hint at [[wikt:ability|ability]]. Possibility also refers to something that "could happen", that is not precluded by the [[fact]]s, but usually not [[probability|probable]]. '''Impossible''' denotes that something cannot happen or be done. | + | '''Possibility''' is the condition or fact of being '''possible'''. The [[Latin]] origins of the word hint at [[ability]]. Possibility also refers to something that "could happen", that is not precluded by the [[fact]]s, but usually not [[probability|probable]]. '''Impossible''' denotes that something cannot happen or be done. |
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Possibility is the condition or fact of being possible. The Latin origins of the word hint at ability. Possibility also refers to something that "could happen", that is not precluded by the facts, but usually not probable. Impossible denotes that something cannot happen or be done.
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