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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.
Definition 2024
ponderable
ponderable
See also: pondérable
English
Adjective
ponderable (comparative more ponderable, superlative most ponderable)
- (physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
- 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.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 77: