ponderaladj.

Brit.

/ˈpɒnd(ə)rəl/,

/ˈpɒnd(ə)rl̩/, U.S.

/ˈpɑndər(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s ponderall, 1600s– ponderal.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ponderalis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ponderalis constituting a unit of weight, determined or estimated by weight (c1325 in a British source in pecunia ponderalis money by weight, c1400 in a Scottish source in libra ponderalis pound by weight), relating to weight (a1540) < classical Latin ponder- , pondus pondus n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin ponderale place where weights are kept (in an undated inscription), avoirdupois (15th cent. in a British glossarial source; use as noun of neuter of ponderalis), Italian ponderale (1521).

Of or relating to weight; determined or estimated by weight.In early use distinguishing a measurement of weight from a monetary unit.

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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 211 Talent Atticke (as well ponderall which was weighed, as numerall or nummarie. counted in mony) was of two sortes.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 89 Whether by confounding the Attick and Roman Sextaries, or the Pounds Mensural or Ponderal,..I know not.

1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins iii. 20 Thus did the money Drachma in process of time decrease... But all the while we may suppose the ponderal Drachma to have continued the same.

1740 W. Douglass Disc. Currencies Brit. Plantations in Amer. 5 All over Europe for many Ages preceding the 14th Century, the nummary Pound, and the Ponderal or Pound Weight of Silver were the same.

1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 527 This ponderal Talent was very small... A Talent must have weighed six Attic Drachms.

1853 T. F. Betton tr. V. Regnault Elements Chem. (ed. 2) I. 13 In the various combinations which a substance B may form with the same weight of a substance A, the ponderal quantities of the substance B will be to each other in rational and commensurable proportions.

1880 E. Cleminshaw tr. C. A. Wurtz Atomic Theory 322 The atomic weights..only express ponderal relations.

1955 Anat. Rec. 121 399 (heading) Retardation of ponderal growth in hypophysectomized rats.

1995 Times 24 Aug. 15/2 Birth thinness, measured by the ponderal index (the baby's birth weight divided by the cube of its length).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ponderal
释义	ponderaladj. Brit. /ˈpɒnd(ə)rəl/, /ˈpɒnd(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˈpɑndər(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s ponderall, 1600s– ponderal. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ponderalis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ponderalis constituting a unit of weight, determined or estimated by weight (c1325 in a British source in pecunia ponderalis money by weight, c1400 in a Scottish source in libra ponderalis pound by weight), relating to weight (a1540) < classical Latin ponder- , pondus pondus n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin ponderale place where weights are kept (in an undated inscription), avoirdupois (15th cent. in a British glossarial source; use as noun of neuter of ponderalis), Italian ponderale (1521). Of or relating to weight; determined or estimated by weight.In early use distinguishing a measurement of weight from a monetary unit. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [adjective] > relating to or determined by weight ponderal1603 ponderary1844 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 211 Talent Atticke (as well ponderall which was weighed, as numerall or nummarie. counted in mony) was of two sortes. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 89 Whether by confounding the Attick and Roman Sextaries, or the Pounds Mensural or Ponderal,..I know not. 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins iii. 20 Thus did the money Drachma in process of time decrease... But all the while we may suppose the ponderal Drachma to have continued the same. 1740 W. Douglass Disc. Currencies Brit. Plantations in Amer. 5 All over Europe for many Ages preceding the 14th Century, the nummary Pound, and the Ponderal or Pound Weight of Silver were the same. 1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 527 This ponderal Talent was very small... A Talent must have weighed six Attic Drachms. 1853 T. F. Betton tr. V. Regnault Elements Chem. (ed. 2) I. 13 In the various combinations which a substance B may form with the same weight of a substance A, the ponderal quantities of the substance B will be to each other in rational and commensurable proportions. 1880 E. Cleminshaw tr. C. A. Wurtz Atomic Theory 322 The atomic weights..only express ponderal relations. 1955 Anat. Rec. 121 399 (heading) Retardation of ponderal growth in hypophysectomized rats. 1995 Times 24 Aug. 15/2 Birth thinness, measured by the ponderal index (the baby's birth weight divided by the cube of its length). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603
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