ponderable

From ponder +‎ -able.

ponderable (comparative more ponderable, superlative most ponderable)

1. (physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
2. Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
3. (rare) Heavy; ponderous.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 77:

     The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.

• (having mass): massive
• (worthy of note): eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable
• (heavy, ponderous): hefty, massive, weighty

• ponder
• ponderous

ponderable m or f (masculine and feminine plural ponderables)

1. ponderable, notable
   • 2016 September 30, “Franklin Gutiérrez: En nuestro medio literario prevalece el amiguismo a todos los niveles”, in Listin Diario‎:

     Generalmente cada medio siglo deja tres o cuatros voces femenina ponderables a la literatura en un país.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “ponderable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014