ponderación

weighing up

noun pon-deh-rah-SYOHN Rare

Origin: Latin ponderatio, from ponderare (to weigh)

Also means

balanced judgment

Usage Note

Ponderación can mean the act of careful consideration or weighing up of options, or it can mean the statistical weighting applied to data in a calculation (as in ponderación de los votos, 'weighting of votes'). In everyday use it also carries the sense of measured, balanced praise — a careful, considered commendation. The adjective ponderado means 'measured' or 'balanced'.

Examples

"La decisión requirió una ponderación cuidadosa."

Natural Translation

The decision required careful weighing up.

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