"imponderable" meaning in English

See imponderable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪmˈpɒndəɹəbl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪmˈpɑːndəɹəbl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-imponderable.wav [Midwestern-US] Forms: more imponderable [comparative], most imponderable [superlative]
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  1. Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed. Translations (not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight): imponderable (Catalan), unwägbar (German), αστάθμητος (astáthmitos) (Greek), невесо́мый (nevesómyj) (Russian), imponderable (Spanish), неваго́мий (nevahómyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-imponderable-en-adj-yQ~9SuS3 Disambiguation of 'not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight': 98 2
  2. Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate. Translations (difficult or impossible to comprehend): unwägbar (German), unberechenbar (German), unkalkulierbar (German), αστάθμητος (astáthmitos) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-imponderable-en-adj-DoQ5H~-o Disambiguation of 'difficult or impossible to comprehend': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imponderableness, imponderably

Noun

IPA: /ɪmˈpɒndəɹəbl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪmˈpɑːndəɹəbl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-imponderable.wav [Midwestern-US] Forms: imponderables [plural]
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  1. (physics) A substance or body, which is not ponderable, i.e., which not does not having a detectable amount of matter or measurable mass. An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
    Sense id: en-imponderable-en-noun-M8HCRTVq Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. An imponderable question.
    Sense id: en-imponderable-en-noun-QmuFFnm6
  3. A factor that cannot be anticipated.
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Inflected forms

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