ponderability

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noun

The fact of having a detectable weight or mass.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nounponderability (countable and uncountable, plural ponderabilities)

plural ponderabilities

  1. countableuncountableThe fact of having a detectable weight or mass.First known use 17th c.

    In an age that had accepted imponderable fluids of electricity, magnetism, and even of vitality, attachment to ponderability was not an essential.

    2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 178
  2. countableuncountableAmenability to consideration or thought.First known use 20th c.

Origin

From ponderable + -ity. Compare French pondérabilité.

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APA

ponderability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponderability

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“ponderability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponderability. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ponderability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponderability.

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