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possibility
(mass) | possibility
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possibility
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Possibility
(gcide) | Possibility \Pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Possibilities. [F.
possibilit['e], L. possibilitas.]
1. The quality or state of being possible; the power of
happening, being, or existing. "All possibility of error."
--Hooker. "Latent possibilities of excellence." --Johnson.
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2. That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event
that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or
personal estate. --South. Burrill.
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possibility
(wn) | possibility
n 1: a future prospect or potential; "this room has great
possibilities"
2: capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is
a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
[syn: possibility, possibleness] [ant: impossibility,
impossibleness]
3: a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is
not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts
or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives
experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he
proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in
chemical practices" [syn: hypothesis, possibility,
theory]
4: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
[syn: possibility, possible action, opening] |
POSSIBILITY
(bouvier) | POSSIBILITY. An uncertain thing which may happen; Lilly's Reg. h.t.; or it
is a contingent interest in real or personal estate. 1 Mad. Ch. 549.
2. Possibilities are near as when an estate is limited to one after the
death of another; or remote, as that one man shall be married to a woman,
and then that she shall die, and he be married to another. 1 Fonb. Eq. 212,
n. e; l6 Vin. Ab. h.t., p. 460; 2 Co. 51 a.
3. Possibilities are also divided into, 1. A possibility coupled with
an interest. This may, of course, be sold, assigned, transmitted or devised;
such a possibility occurs in executory devises, and in contingent, springing
or executory uses.
4.-2. A bare possibility, or hope of succession; this is the case of
an heir apparent, during the life of his ancestor. It is evident that he has
no right which he can assign, devise, or even, release.
5.-3. A possibility' or mere contingent interest, as a devise to Paul
if he survive Peter. Dane's Ab. c. 1, a 5, Sec. 2, and the cases there
cited.
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impossibility
(encz) | impossibility,nemožnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
production possibility boundary
(encz) | production possibility boundary, |
production possibility curve
(encz) | production possibility curve, |
production possibility frontier
(encz) | production possibility frontier,hranice produkčních možností Mgr. Dita
Gálová |
production-possibility frontier
(encz) | production-possibility frontier,hranice produkčních
možností [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Impossibility
(gcide) | Impossibility \Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Impossibilities.
[L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilit['e].]
1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability.
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They confound difficulty with impossibility.
--South.
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2. An impossible thing; that which is not possible; that
which can not be thought, done, or endured.
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Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. --Cowley.
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3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] --Latimer.
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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.
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Incompossibility
(gcide) | Incompossible \In`com*pos"si*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
compossible: cf. F. incompossible.]
Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent.
[Obs.]
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Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible.
--Jer. Taylor.
-- In`com*pos`si*bil"i*ty, n. [Obs.]
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Logical impossibility
(gcide) | Impossibility \Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Impossibilities.
[L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilit['e].]
1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability.
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They confound difficulty with impossibility.
--South.
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2. An impossible thing; that which is not possible; that
which can not be thought, done, or endured.
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Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. --Cowley.
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3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] --Latimer.
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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.
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Possibility
(gcide) | Possibility \Pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Possibilities. [F.
possibilit['e], L. possibilitas.]
1. The quality or state of being possible; the power of
happening, being, or existing. "All possibility of error."
--Hooker. "Latent possibilities of excellence." --Johnson.
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2. That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event
that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or
personal estate. --South. Burrill.
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Unpossibility
(gcide) | Unpossibility \Un*pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.
Impossibility. [R.] "Utter unpossibility." --Poe.
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impossibility
(wn) | 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] |
IMPOSSIBILITY
(bouvier) | 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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POSSIBILITY
(bouvier) | POSSIBILITY. An uncertain thing which may happen; Lilly's Reg. h.t.; or it
is a contingent interest in real or personal estate. 1 Mad. Ch. 549.
2. Possibilities are near as when an estate is limited to one after the
death of another; or remote, as that one man shall be married to a woman,
and then that she shall die, and he be married to another. 1 Fonb. Eq. 212,
n. e; l6 Vin. Ab. h.t., p. 460; 2 Co. 51 a.
3. Possibilities are also divided into, 1. A possibility coupled with
an interest. This may, of course, be sold, assigned, transmitted or devised;
such a possibility occurs in executory devises, and in contingent, springing
or executory uses.
4.-2. A bare possibility, or hope of succession; this is the case of
an heir apparent, during the life of his ancestor. It is evident that he has
no right which he can assign, devise, or even, release.
5.-3. A possibility' or mere contingent interest, as a devise to Paul
if he survive Peter. Dane's Ab. c. 1, a 5, Sec. 2, and the cases there
cited.
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