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imponderable
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Imponderable
(gcide) | Imponderable \Im*pon"der*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + ponderable:
cf. F. impond['e]rable.]
Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight;
incapable of being weighed.
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Imponderable
(gcide) | Imponderable \Im*pon"der*a*ble\, n. (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.
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imponderable
(wn) | imponderable
adj 1: difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; "such
imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility"
[ant: ponderable]
n 1: a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed;
"human behavior depends on many imponderables" |
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Imponderable
(gcide) | Imponderable \Im*pon"der*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + ponderable:
cf. F. impond['e]rable.]
Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight;
incapable of being weighed.
[1913 Webster]Imponderable \Im*pon"der*a*ble\, n. (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.
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Imponderableness
(gcide) | Imponderableness \Im*pon"der*a*ble*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being imponderable.
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