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Impossible quantity

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. impossibilis; pref.
   im- not + possibilis possible. See {Possible}.]
   Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.;
   unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command;
   insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or
   impracticable; not feasible.

         With men this is impossible; but with God all things
         are possible.                            --Matt. xix.
                                                  26.

         Without faith it is impossible to please him. --Heb.
                                                  xi. 6.

   {Impossible quantity} (Math.), an imagnary quantity. See
      {Imaginary}.

   Syn: See {Impracticable}.
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