ponderable

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From ponder +‎ -able.

[edit] Adjective

ponderable (comparative more ponderable, superlative most ponderable)

  1. (physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
  2. Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
    • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 77:
      The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.

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