ponderation noun. 
[pɒndǝ'reɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.[Latin ponderatio(n-), from ponderare weigh: see PONDER verb, -ATION.]1.  Weighing, balancing; adjustment of weight. Formerly also, heaviness, weight. 
LME.2.  Mental weighing; grave consideration, pondering. Now 
rare. 
LME.3.  The fact of weighing more; preponderance. 
rare. 
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