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ponderance|ˈpɒndərəns|
[f. L. ponder-āre or F. pondérer (see ponder v.) +-ance.]
Weight; gravity, importance. So ˈponderancy, weight, weightiness; ˈponderant [= F. pondérant (15th c.)]: see quot.; ˈponderary a., = ponderal.
1812W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXVIII. 503 The ballanced *ponderance of opinion under Julian. 1881A. J. Duffield Don Quix. II. 468 Which of my exploits are of greater ponderance in this history?
1676H. More Remarks 44 The virtue of this twelve pound perpendicular *ponderancy is felt entire still. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 122 He will distinguish the glare of tinsel from the ponderancy of gold.
1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 351 The body which presses is called the *ponderant.
1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 41 The unit of the British Indian *ponderary system is called the tola. It weighs 180 grains English troy weight. |