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adj
Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
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adj
Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate.
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noun
A substance or body, which is not ponderable, i.e., which not does not having a detectable amount of matter or measurable mass. An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
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Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
An imponderable question.
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noun
A factor that cannot be anticipated.
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adjective
difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision
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noun
a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
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Broader terms: influence
Narrower terms: leaven, leavening
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English ponder Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English ponderable English imponderable From im- + ponderable.
Across languages
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