Definition of imponderable Imponderable

/ɪmpɑˈndɚʌbʌl/ - [impanderubul] - im•pon•der•a•ble

We found 8 definitions of imponderable from 5 different sources.

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What does imponderable mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: imponderables

imponderable - a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed; "human behavior depends on many imponderables"
  influence causing something without any direct or apparent effort

Adjective

imponderable - difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; "such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • imponderable (a.)
    Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
  • 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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • imponderable
    im-pon′dėr-a-bl, adj. not able to be weighed: without sensible weight.—ns. Impon′derableness, Imponderabil′ity.—n.pl. Impon′derables, fluids without sensible weight, as heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, considered as material—still used of ether

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