Word for collection of scenarios [closed]
Is there a word for a large collection of (plausible) scenarios either:
- In general,
- In the context of a play?
Thanks :)
Solution 1:
The phrase all possible outcomes, which was used in a comment under the question, would be the most well known in plain language.
But a technical term for this is sample space.
From Wikipedia:
In probability theory, the sample space of an experiment or random trial is the set of all possible outcomes or results of that experiment. A sample space is usually denoted using set notation, and the possible ordered outcomes are listed as elements in the set. It is common to refer to a sample space by the labels S, Ω, or U (for "universal set").
If you were to use sample space in a play, I would not assume that all (or even most) audience members would understand its meaning. Most likely, there would be a line of dialogue that explained it as all possible outcomes before using it regularly.