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in possibility, having a potential to exist, in potential but not in actuality, (contradistinguished by in esse)

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in posse

Source Word

in posse

IPA(Pronunciation)

not-comparable

in possibility, having a potential to exist, in potential but not in actuality, (contradistinguished by in esse)

Japanese Meaning

可能性がある状態、存在する潜在性を持っている / 実際には現れていないが、存在する潜在的ポテンシャルを有する / in esse（実際の存在）と対比される、潜在的な存在可能性

The theory exists only in posse until experiments confirm its predictions.

その理論は実験がその予測を確認するまでは潜在的にしか存在しない。

Sense（1）

in possibility, having a potential to exist, in potential but not in actuality, (contradistinguished by in esse)