ponderance

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ponderance (countable and uncountable, plural ponderances)

1. Weight; gravity.
   • 1796, George Gregory, The Economy of Nature […] :

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

Etymology 2

ponder +‎ -ance

Noun

ponderance (plural ponderances)

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

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

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

     […] 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: […]

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

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

     […] 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, […]

Further reading

• “ponderance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.