About The Word Impossibility
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Impossibility
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What's The Definition Of Impossibility?
[n] an alternative that is not available
[n] incapability of existing or occurring Synonyms | Synonyms for Impossibility: impossible action | impossibleness Related Terms | Find terms related to Impossibility: See Also | alternative | choice | impossible | inconceivability | inconceivableness | nonentity | nonexistence | option | unattainableness Impossibility In Webster's Dictionary \Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Impossibilities}.
[L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilit['e].]
1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability.
They confound difficulty with impossibility.
--South.
2. An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done,
or endured.
Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. --Cowley.
3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] --Latimer.
{Logical impossibility}, a condition or statement involving
contradiction or absurdity; as, that a thing can be and
not be at the same time. See {Principle of Contradiction},
under {Contradiction}.
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