ponderable
Adjective
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Adjective
ponderable
- (physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
- Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
- (rare) Heavy; ponderous.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 77:
- The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 77:
- (having mass) massive
- (worthy of note) eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable
- (heavy, ponderous) hefty, massive, weighty
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