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ponderable

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pon·der·a·ble  (pndr--bl)
adj.
Considerable enough to be weighed or assessed; appreciable: ponderable results; ponderable issues.
ponder·a·bili·ty n.
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Adj.1.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
imponderable - difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; "such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility"
2.ponderable - capable of being thought about; "space flight to other galaxies becomes more cogitable"
cogitable
thinkable - capable of being conceived or imagined or considered


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