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Webster 1913 Edition


Ponderable

Pon′der-a-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
ponderabilis
: cf. F.
pondérable
.]
Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight.
Pon′der-a-ble-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ponderable

PON'DERABLE

,
Adj.
That may be weighed; capable of being weighed.

Definition 2024


ponderable

ponderable

See also: pondérable

English

Adjective

ponderable (comparative more ponderable, superlative most ponderable)

  1. (physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
  2. Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
    • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 77:
      The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.

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