Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

physical impossibility

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: phys-i-cal im-pos-si-bil-i-ty
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

8

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

A situation is physically impossible if its description is inconsistent with physical laws (i.e. with the laws of Nature).

Example Sentences

"This is in contradiction with observations of such flows, but as it turns out a fluid that rigorously satisfies all the conditions is a physical impossibility."

Questions

What does physical impossibility mean?: A situation is physically impossible if its description is inconsistent with physical laws (i.e. with the laws of Nature).

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