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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impossibility \Im*pos'si*bil"i*ty\, noun; 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 is not possible; 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) 2.0 [wn]:
impossibility
noun
1: incapability of existing or occurring [syn: {impossibleness}] [ant: {possibility}]
2: an alternative that is not available [syn: {impossible action}]
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