Ponderable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ponderable is an adjective meaning (physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
Meaning
(physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
More Meanings
- Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
- (rare) Heavy; ponderous.
Example Sentences
The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.
[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.
Synonyms for ponderable
Depending on context, synonyms include massive, eminent, noteworthy, hefty, weighty, cogitable.
Antonyms for ponderable
Common opposites include imponderable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include assessable, cogitable, thinkable, commeasurable, measurable, appreciable.
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