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Definition of Impossibility
1. Noun. Incapability of existing or occurring.
Generic synonyms: Nonentity, Nonexistence
Specialized synonyms: Inconceivability, Inconceivableness, Unattainableness
Derivative terms: Impossible, Impossible, Impossible
Antonyms: Possibility
2. Noun. An alternative that is not available.
Generic synonyms: Alternative, Choice, Option
Specialized synonyms: Impossible
Definition of Impossibility
1. n. The quality of being impossible; impracticability.
Definition of Impossibility
1. Noun. Something that is impossible. ¹
2. Noun. The quality of being impossible. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impossibility
1. [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Impossibility
1. Origin: L. Impossibilitas: cf. F. Impossibilite. 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. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impossibility
Literary usage of Impossibility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to by William Reynell Anson (1906)
"CHAPTER IV impossibility of Performance 410. Precedent impossibility. impossibility
of performance may appear on the face of the contract, or may exist, ..."
2. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Not every kind of impossibility will excuse a promisor from liability for breach
of his promise, even though he does not expressly undertake the risk of ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"Though not every impossibility of full performance of a contract of sale will
excuse the vendor, yet, where such contract specifies the quantity of lumber ..."
4. Principles of Contract: A Treatise on the General Principles Concerning the by Frederick Pollock (1889)
"impossibility may consist either in the nature of the action in itself, ...
It is only the first or objective kind of impossibility that is recognized as ..."
5. The Law of Contracts by John Innes Clark Hare (1887)
"impossibility. impossibility as an Excuse from Performance. ... impossibility
subsequently resulting through no Fault of the Promisor. ..."
6. Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity: Being a Treatise on the General by Frederick Pollock (1876)
"Indeed one or two recent dicta seem to go even farther, but probably must be
taken as limited to what we here call impossibility in fact (<•). ..."
7. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Apostles' creed, Edward Burton (1847)
"Either both or one of these two must be the reason of the impossibility, if the
resurrection be impossible; for if the body be capable of being raised, ..."
8. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"llf: failure seems an impossibility to him. 2This is where the "I" needs to be
emphasized. Please be careful not to emphasize the personal pronouns; ..."
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