ponderance

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noun

Weight; gravity.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

ponderance1

nounponderance (countable and uncountable, plural ponderances)

plural ponderances

  1. countableuncountableWeight; gravity.

    If, said he, the air is the cause of this phenomenon, it is because it has ponderance and fluidity

    1796, George Gregory, The Economy of Nature […]

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nounponderance (plural ponderances)

plural ponderances

  1. The act or an instance of pondering; that which one ponders.

    Ponderances.com Subject: Thoughts for pondering and for having a chuckle or two.com Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.

    2000, Joan E. Miller, Yada, Yada, Yada.Com.Org.Edu.Gov.Email: What I Learned on the Www/Internet--Total Nonsense, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 132
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    […] many other parts of life can come to fruition with a really good, concentrated, yet leisurely (enjoyment is key), pondering. […] My Current Top 5 Ponderances (In no particular order and these can change at any time) 1) Okay, this one is kind of common for us single gals: […]

    2007, Alexandra Koslow, Slacker Girl, Penguin, →ISBN

    Merely pondering and then making plans with your ponderance is the key. The French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said: "A goal without a plan is just a wish."

    2021, Jordan Ring, Catalyze Your Destiny!: Discover Who You Are, Reveal Your Purpose, and Launch Into Action, Jordan Ring

    […] sense of truth into the existentialist pondering the meaning of the statement. […] To reach a blissful state of knowing, an examined life of discipline and ritualistic ponderance about one's self must be lived, […]

    2021, Jorge Sosa, Universal Synesthesia: A Deep Dive into Conceptual Depths Where Mind and Matter Become Indistinguishable., AuthorHouse, →ISBN

Origin

ponderance · noun

  1. Latinponderans
  2. Englishponderance

From Latin ponderans, present participle of ponderare (“to weigh”). Compare Old French ponderant (“of weight”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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