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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. incapability of existing or occurring;
[syn: impossibility, impossibleness]

2. an alternative that is not available;
[syn: impossibility, impossible action]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impossibility n 1: incapability of existing or occurring [syn: impossibility, impossibleness] [ant: possibility, possibleness] 2: an alternative that is not available [syn: impossibility, impossible action]