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imponderable | ponder |

As an adjective imponderable

is not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

As a noun imponderable

is an imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.

As a verb ponder is

to wonder, to think of deeply.

imponderable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
  • References

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    ponder

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wonder, to think of deeply.
  • To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, to mull over.
  • I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
  • * Bible, Proverbs iv. 26
  • Ponder the path of thy feet.
  • (obsolete) To weigh.
  • Synonyms

    * chew over * mull over * See also