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impossibility 音标拼音: [ɪmp ,ɔsɪb'ɪlɪti] n. 不可能;不可能的事 不可能;不可能的事 impossibility n 1: incapability of existing or occurring [ synonym: { impossibility}, { impossibleness}] [ ant: { possibility}, { possibleness}] 2: an alternative that is not available [ synonym: { impossibility}, { impossible action}] 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] IMPOSSIBILITY. The character of that which. cannot be done agreeably to the accustomed order of nature. 2. It is a maxim that no one is bound to perform an impossibility. A l' impossible nul n' est tenu. 1 Swift' s Dig. 93; 6 Toull. n. 121, 481. 3. As to impossible conditions in contracts, see Bac. Ab. Conditions, M; Co. Litt. 206; Roll. Ab. 420; 6 Toull. n. 486, 686; Dig. 2, 14, 39; Id. 44, 7, 31; Id. 50, 17, 185; Id. 45, 1, 69. On the subject of impossible conditions in wills, vide 1 Rop. Leg. 505; Swinb. pt. 4, s. 6; 6 Toull. 614. Vide, generally, Dane' s Ab. Index, h. t.; Clef des Lois Rom. par Fieffe Lacroix, h. t.; Com. Dig. Conditions, D 1 & 2; Vin. Ab. Conditions, C a, D a, E a.
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