- equal distribution of weight; state of balance, or equilibrium
- a weight or force that balances another; counterbalance
Origin of equipoise
equi- + poiseequipoise
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equipoise
noun
- Equality in distribution, as of weight, relationship, or emotional forces; equilibrium.
- A counterpoise; a counterbalance.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present equipoises, present participle equipoising, simple past and past participle equipoised)
- To act or make to act as an equipoise.
- To cause to be or stay in equipoise.
Origin
From equi- + poise.
Proper noun
- (pharmacology, trademark) Market name for the anabolic steroid boldenone undecylenate.
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Sentence Examples
- And, if the rider weight has been correctly adjusted, the bag of sugar will be shown to weigh exactly 4 lb by the beam vibra - ting in equipoise.
- The discovery of ether brought with it a reconstruction of our ideas of the physical universe, transferring the emphasis from the mathematical expression of static relationships to a dynamic conception of a universe in constant transformation; matter in equipoise became energy in gradual readjustment.
- "Our constitution," he said, "stands on a nice equipoise, with steep precipices and deep. waters upon all sides of it.