IMPONDERABLY

Etymology

Adverb

imponderably (comparative more imponderably, superlative most imponderably)

In an imponderable manner.

Source: Wiktionary


IMPONDERABLE

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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