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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impossibility \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impossibility n 1: incapability of existing or occurring [syn: {impossibleness}] [ant: {possibility}] 2: an alternative that is not available [syn: {impossible action}]
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