ponderabilIty

[Fr. pondérabilité.] The quality or state of being ponderable; ponderablepon-der-a-ble, a. [Lat. ponderabilis, from pon dero to weigh; Fr. pondérable; Sp. ponderable; Ital. ponder a bile.] Capable of being weighed. "The bite of an asp wilt kill within an hour, yet the impre ion is scarce visible, and the poison communi cated not ponderable ."-Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. ii., ch. xxvii. ponderable-matter, s. Physiol.: Matter po e ed of weight; matter properly so called, as opposed to imponderable matter, viz., to physical agents. pon-der-a-ble-ne , subst . [Eng. ponderable ; -ne .] The quality or state of being ponderable; that quality or property of bodies by which they po e weight.