gaseous vs imponderable

gaseous

adj
  • Tenuous or indefinite. 

  • Of a liquid containing bubbles: gassy. 

  • Relating to, or existing as gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma). 

imponderable

adj
  • Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate. 

  • Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed. 

noun
  • An imponderable question. 

  • A factor that cannot be anticipated. 

  • An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism. 

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