English-Thai Dictionary
impossibility
N ความ เป็นไปไม่ได้ สิ่ง ที่ ไม่น่าเชื่อ สิ่ง ที่ ไม่น่า จะ เกิดขึ้น ความ เหลือเชื่อ inconceivability possibility kwam-pen-pai-mai-dai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
IMPOSSIBILITY
n.[from impossible. ] 1. That which cannot be; the state of being not possible to exist. That a thing should be and not be at the same time, is an impossibility.
2. Impracticability; the state or quality of being not feasible or possible to be done. That a man by his own strength should lift a ship of the line, is to him an impossibility, as the means are inadequate to the end. [See Impossible. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
IMPOSSIBILITY
Im *pos `si *bil "i *ty, n.; pl. Impossibilities. Etym: [L.impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilité. ]
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. [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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
impossibility
im pos si bil i ty |imˌpäsəˈbilitē ˈˌɪmˌpɑsəˈbɪlədi | ▶noun ( pl. impossibilities ) the state or fact of being impossible: the impossibility of walking anywhere in this jungle. • an impossible thing or situation: they believe that a world at peace is an impossibility. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French impossibilité or Latin impossibilitas, from impossibilis, from in- ‘not ’ + possibilis (see possible ).
Oxford Dictionary
impossibility
im |pos ¦si |bil ¦ity |ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪti | ▶noun ( pl. impossibilities ) [ mass noun ] the state or fact of being impossible: the impossibility of finding reliable staff. • [ count noun ] an impossible thing: they believe that a world at peace is an impossibility. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French impossibilite or Latin impossibilitas, from impossibilis, from in- ‘not ’ + possibilis (see possible ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
impossibility
im p ò s si b í l i ty 名詞 複 -ties U 不可能 (性 ); C 不可能な [あり得ない ]こと
The Wordsmith Dictionary