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Antonyms for imponderable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-pon-der-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɒn dər ə bəl



Definition of imponderable

Origin :
  • 1794, "weightless," from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + ponderable (see ponder). Figurative use, "unthinkable," from 1814. Related: Imponderably. As a noun, by 1842.
  • adj imperceptible
Example sentences :
  • A hot body was one which had absorbed an imponderable substance.
  • Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
  • Matter was for the moment as subtle, as imponderable as soul.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • At all events the onus of proof rests with those who assert it is imponderable.
  • Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper
  • We have not the slightest reason to believe that Aether is imponderable.
  • Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper
  • Likeness, dear Baron, is often the result of imponderable things.
  • Extract from : « Three Plays » by Luigi Pirandello
  • The presence of imponderable fluids could not here be pleaded.
  • Extract from : « Louis Pasteur » by Ren Vallery-Radot
  • It is imponderable—can we conceive of matter without weight?
  • Extract from : « The Senses and The Mind » by Anonymous
  • The air did not affect him; he was not only light, but imponderable.
  • Extract from : « Urania » by Camille Flammarion
  • Manifestly he came to her to get rid of the imponderable burden of the present.
  • Extract from : « The Border Legion » by Zane Grey
  • What I might have gained is, in the scale, like imponderable air.
  • Extract from : « Our Friend John Burroughs » by Clara Barrus

Synonyms for imponderable

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