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Webster 1913 Edition


Imponderable

Im-pon′der-a-ble

,
Adj.
[Pref.
im-
not +
ponderable
: cf. F.
impondérable
.]
Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

Im-pon′der-a-ble

,
Noun.
(Physics)
An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.

Webster 1828 Edition


Imponderable

IMPON'DERABLE