† ponderantn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ponderant-, ponderans.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ponderant-, ponderans (1655 in the passage translated in quot. 1656¹), use as noun of classical Latin ponderant- , ponderāns , present participle of ponderāre ponder v. Compare Anglo-Norman ponderaunt ponderous, heavy (late 14th cent. or earlier), Middle French ponderant weighty, important (beginning of the 15th cent.), French †pondérant (of style) ponderous, solemn (1769). Compare slightly earlier equiponderant adj., and later counter-ponderant adj.

Obsolete.

A body that has weight or mass; spec. one that is being weighed.

ΚΠ

1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xxii. 257 The velocity of the Percutient is to be compared with the magnitude of the Ponderant [L. Ponderantis].

1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xxiii. 261 If two Ponderants have their Moments and Distances from the Center of the Scale in reciprocal proportion; they are equally poised.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	ponderant
释义	† ponderantn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ponderant-, ponderans. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ponderant-, ponderans (1655 in the passage translated in quot. 1656¹), use as noun of classical Latin ponderant- , ponderāns , present participle of ponderāre ponder v. Compare Anglo-Norman ponderaunt ponderous, heavy (late 14th cent. or earlier), Middle French ponderant weighty, important (beginning of the 15th cent.), French †pondérant (of style) ponderous, solemn (1769). Compare slightly earlier equiponderant adj., and later counter-ponderant adj. Obsolete. A body that has weight or mass; spec. one that is being weighed. ΚΠ 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xxii. 257 The velocity of the Percutient is to be compared with the magnitude of the Ponderant [L. Ponderantis]. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xxiii. 261 If two Ponderants have their Moments and Distances from the Center of the Scale in reciprocal proportion; they are equally poised. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1656
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