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  1. ponderaladjective

    Pertaining to weight.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ponderaladjective

    Estimated by weight; distinguished from numeral.

    Etymology: from pondus, Lat.

    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, just as it has happened to us, as well as our neighbours, whose ponderal libra remains as it was, though the nummary hath much decreased. Arbuthnot.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ponderaladjective

    estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. pondral.]

Anagrams for ponderal »

  1. polander

  2. prenodal

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ponderal in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ponderal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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