'Impossibility' definitions:
Definition of 'impossibility'
(from WordNet)
noun
Incapability of existing or occurring [syn: impossibility, impossibleness] [ant: possibility, possibleness]
noun
An alternative that is not available [syn: impossibility, impossible action]
Definition of 'Impossibility'
From: GCIDE
- Impossibility \Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Impossibilities. [L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilit['e].]
- 1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability. [1913 Webster]
- They confound difficulty with impossibility. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An impossible thing; that which is not possible; that which can not be thought, done, or endured. [1913 Webster]
- Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]