"ponderability" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ponderabilities [plural]
Etymology: From ponderable + -ity. Compare French pondérabilité. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ponderable|ity}} ponderable + -ity, {{cog|fr|pondérabilité}} French pondérabilité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ponderability (countable and uncountable, plural ponderabilities)
  1. The fact of having a detectable weight or mass. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ponderability-en-noun-TACTK9uG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 50 50
  2. Amenability to consideration or thought. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ponderability-en-noun-ncwd1KKU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61

Inflected forms

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