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ponderable
[pon-der-uh-buhl]
adjective
capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight.
ponderable
/ ˈ±èÉ’²Ô»åÉ™°ùÉ™²úÉ™±ô /
adjective
able to be evaluated or estimated; appreciable
capable of being weighed or measured
noun
(often plural) something that can be evaluated or appreciated; a substantial thing
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- ponderability noun
- ponderableness noun
- nonponderability noun
- nonponderable adjective
- unponderable adjective
- ˈ±è´Ç²Ô»å±ð°ù²¹²ú±ô²â adverb
- ËŒ±è´Ç²Ô»å±ð°ù²¹Ëˆ²ú¾±±ô¾±³Ù²â noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of ponderable1
Example Sentences
“Imponderables are ponderable, but answerable, no. Ask a philosopher, but be cautious. If you hear, ‘Eureka!,’ if you think, ‘His answer has captured my question!,’ then here is proof he is a counterfeit.
More readily ponderable is a lovely shot, made in Israel, of Bedouin olive pickers asleep under blankets on rugged ground at dawn, with the long, low expanse of a prison in the background.
“It dates back to the time in which one thought that the ‘ponderable bodies’ are the only physically real entities,†he later wrote to the British cosmologist Felix Pirani.
How are they even ponderable when valuing health care for one’s self or one’s family?
The atmosphere was as agreeably light as if ponderable clouds had suddenly rolled out of the room.
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