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Meaning of 'imponderable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Imponderable [ a.]
- Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
2 . Imponderable [ n.]
- An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.

Meaning of 'imponderable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . imponderable [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
Example in sentence:
  • human behavior depends on many imponderables
2 . imponderable [ a]
Meaning (2):
- difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision
Example in sentence:
  • such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility

Nearby Words:

imp imp-pole impacable impackment impact impacted impacting impaction impaint impair

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