impossibility

[im-pos-uh-bil-i-tee, im-pos-]

im·pos·si·bil·i·ty

[im-pos-uh-bil-i-tee, im-pos-]
noun, plural im·pos·si·bil·i·ties for 2.
1.
condition or quality of being impossible.
2.
something impossible.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English impossibilite < Late Latin impossibilitās. See im-2, possibility
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Impossibility has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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impossibility (ɪmˌpɒsəˈbɪlɪtɪ, ˌɪmpɒs-)
 
n , pl -ties
1.  the state or quality of being impossible
2.  something that is impossible

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