Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impossibility"
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) 1.7 (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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