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ponderability

noun

Etymology

From ponderable + -ity. Compare French pondérabilité.

  1. derived from ponderāre — “to weigh, ponder”
  2. derived from ponderer — “to weigh, balance, ponder”
  3. inherited from ponderen
  4. suffixed as ponderable — “ponder + able”
  5. suffixed as ponderability — “ponderable + ity”

Definitions

  1. The fact of having a detectable weight or mass.

    • In an age that had accepted imponderable fluids of electricity, magnetism, and even of vitality, attachment to ponderability was not an essential.

  2. Amenability to consideration or thought.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA