Imponderable

[ɪm'pɒnd(ə)rəb(ə)l] or [ɪm'pɑndərəbl]

解释:

(noun.) a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed; 'human behavior depends on many imponderables'.

(adj.) difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; 'such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility' .

编辑:梅布尔--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

(n.) An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.

整理:保罗

同义词及反义词：

[See PONDERABLE]

安托万整理

解释:

adj. not able to be weighed: without sensible weight.—ns. Impon′derableness Imponderabil′ity.—n.pl. Impon′derables fluids without sensible weight as heat light electricity and magnetism considered as material—still used of ether.

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