Meaning of IMPONDERABLE
| Pronunciation: | | im'pândurubul
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- [n] a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed; "human behavior depends on many imponderables"
- [adj] difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; "such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility"
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| | See Also: | | influence, leaven, leavening | |
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\Im*pon"der*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + ponderable:
cf. F. impond['e]rable.]
Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight;
incapable of being weighed.
\Im*pon"der*a*ble\, n. (Physics)
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.
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