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imponderable

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im·pon·der·a·ble  (m-pndr--bl)
adj.
That cannot undergo precise evaluation: imponderable problems.

im·ponder·a·ble n.
im·ponder·a·bili·ty, im·ponder·a·ble·ness n.
im·ponder·a·bly adv.

imponderable [ɪmˈpɒndərəbəl -drəbəl]
adj
unable to be weighed or assessed
n
something difficult or impossible to assess
imponderability , imponderableness n
imponderably  adv
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Noun1.imponderable - a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed; "human behavior depends on many imponderables"
influence - a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
leavening, leaven - an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
Adj.1.imponderable - difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; "such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility"
ponderable - capable of being weighed or considered; "something ponderable from the outer world--something of which we can say that its weight is so and so"- James Jeans
Translations
imponderable [ɪmˈpɒndərəbl]
A. ADJimponderable
B. imponderables NPL(elementos mpl) imponderables mpl
imponderable [ɪmˈpɒndərəbəl]
adjimpondérable
nimpondérable m
imponderable
nunberechenbare or unwägbare Größe; imponderablesUnwägbarkeiten pl, → Imponderabilien pl (geh)
imponderable [ɪmˈpɒndrəbl] adjimponderabile


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It is as if your feet had been caught in an imponderable snare; you feel the balance of your body threatened, and the steady poise of your mind is destroyed at once.
What things real are there, but imponderable thoughts?
The ether, my friend, is an agglomeration of imponderable atoms, which, relatively to their dimensions, are as far removed from each other as the celestial bodies are in space.
 
 
 
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