Definition of ponderable in English:
ponderable
adjective ˈpɒnd(ə)rəb(ə)lˈpɑndərəbəl
literary Having appreciable weight or significance.
Example sentencesExamples
- To me the strangest aspect of randomness is its role as a link between the world of mathematical abstraction and the universe of ponderable matter and energy.
- On the contrary, it made the future less ponderable than it had been since the 1930s.
- It is a dense and ponderable epic with Stipe asking: ‘I used to think as birds take wing/they sing through life, so why can't we?’
- Two years later these soul supporters of the Chinook formed the Chinook Owners Association and dedicated themselves to reviving Walden's ponderable vision.
- Thanks for your excellent site, which provides enough ponderable reading to have my brother ‘addicted’ to science, and keeps him from doing work all week.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from late Latin ponderabilis, from ponderare 'weigh, reflect on' (see ponder).
Definition of ponderable in US English:
ponderable
adjectiveˈpɑndərəbəlˈpändərəbəl
literary Having appreciable weight or significance.
Example sentencesExamples
- Two years later these soul supporters of the Chinook formed the Chinook Owners Association and dedicated themselves to reviving Walden's ponderable vision.
- It is a dense and ponderable epic with Stipe asking: ‘I used to think as birds take wing/they sing through life, so why can't we?’
- To me the strangest aspect of randomness is its role as a link between the world of mathematical abstraction and the universe of ponderable matter and energy.
- Thanks for your excellent site, which provides enough ponderable reading to have my brother ‘addicted’ to science, and keeps him from doing work all week.
- On the contrary, it made the future less ponderable than it had been since the 1930s.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from late Latin ponderabilis, from ponderare ‘weigh, reflect on’ (see ponder).