ponderance

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English

Etymology 1

From Latin ponderans, present participle of ponderare (to weigh). Compare Old French ponderant (of weight).

Noun

ponderance (countable and uncountable, plural ponderances)

  1. Weight; gravity.
    • 1796, George Gregory, The Economy of Nature :
      If, said he, the air is the cause of this phenomenon, it is because it has ponderance and fluidity

Etymology 2

From ponder +‎ -ance.

Noun

ponderance (plural ponderances)

  1. The act or an instance of pondering; that which one ponders.
    • 2000, Joan E. Miller, Yada, Yada, Yada.Com.Org.Edu.Gov.Email: What I Learned on the Www/Internet--Total Nonsense, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 132:
      Ponderances.com
      Subject: Thoughts for pondering and for having a chuckle or two.com
      Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
    • 2007, Alexandra Koslow, Slacker Girl, Penguin, →ISBN:
      [] many other parts of life can come to fruition with a really good, concentrated, yet leisurely (enjoyment is key), pondering. []
      My Current Top 5 Ponderances
      (In no particular order and these can change at any time)
      1) Okay, this one is kind of common for us single gals: []
    • 2021, Jordan Ring, Catalyze Your Destiny!: Discover Who You Are, Reveal Your Purpose, and Launch Into Action, Jordan Ring:
      Merely pondering and then making plans with your ponderance is the key. The French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said: "A goal without a plan is just a wish."
    • 2021, Jorge Sosa, Universal Synesthesia: A Deep Dive into Conceptual Depths Where Mind and Matter Become Indistinguishable., AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
      [] sense of truth into the existentialist pondering the meaning of the statement. [] To reach a blissful state of knowing, an examined life of discipline and ritualistic ponderance about one's self must be lived, []

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