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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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