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ponderable

adj

Etymology

From ponder + -able.

  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”

Definitions

  1. Having a detectable amount of matter

    Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.

    • [T]he imponderability of heat did not appear to the philosophers of the eighteenth century to be a sufficient reason for excluding it from the list of chemical elements; and... there was... doubt... whether caloric was ponderable or not.

  2. Worthy of note

    Worthy of note; significant, interesting.

  3. Heavy

    Heavy; ponderous.

    • The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.

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Derived

imponderable, ponderability, ponderableness, ponderably

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