imponderousadj.

/ɪmˈpɒndərəs/

Etymology: < im- prefix² + ponderous adj.

rare.

a. Without weight; imponderable.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > having no weight

imponderous1646

imponderable1794

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 86 They produce visible and reall effects by imponderous and invisible emissions.

1798 Monthly Rev. 26 560.

1827 T. Carlyle State Germ. Lit. in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 306 Motion in vacuo is well known to be speedier and surer than through a resisting medium, especially to imponderous bodies.

1891 Leisure Hour Feb. 235/2 Those moral sureties which belong to the category of imponderous but important things.

b. loosely. Having no appreciable weight; ‘weightless’; extremely light.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > extremely

weightlessa1547

peiseless1608

imponderable1846

imponderous1851

ultralight1974

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. xii. 302 Deluges of scoriæ, ashes and imponderous pumice-stones.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. xiv. 178 Like an imponderous rag of conspicuous colour.

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imˈponderousness n. (Craig 1847).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	imponderous
释义	imponderousadj. /ɪmˈpɒndərəs/ Etymology: < im- prefix² + ponderous adj. rare. a. Without weight; imponderable. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > having no weight imponderous1646 imponderable1794 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 86 They produce visible and reall effects by imponderous and invisible emissions. View more context for this quotation 1798 Monthly Rev. 26 560. 1827 T. Carlyle State Germ. Lit. in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 306 Motion in vacuo is well known to be speedier and surer than through a resisting medium, especially to imponderous bodies. 1891 Leisure Hour Feb. 235/2 Those moral sureties which belong to the category of imponderous but important things. b. loosely. Having no appreciable weight; ‘weightless’; extremely light. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > extremely weightlessa1547 peiseless1608 imponderable1846 imponderous1851 ultralight1974 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. xii. 302 Deluges of scoriæ, ashes and imponderous pumice-stones. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. xiv. 178 Like an imponderous rag of conspicuous colour. Derivatives Categories » imˈponderousness n. (Craig 1847). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1646
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