IMPONDERABLE

imponderable

(adjective) difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; “such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility”

imponderable

(noun) a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed; “human behavior depends on many imponderables”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

imponderable (comparative more imponderable, superlative most imponderable)

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

Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate.

Noun

imponderable (plural imponderables)

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

An imponderable question.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*pon"der*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. im- not + ponderable: cf. F. impondérable.]

Definition: Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

Im*pon"der*a*ble, n. (Physics)

Definition: An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formely applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile flyids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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