poise
IPA: pˈɔɪz
noun
- A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
- Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
- Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
- A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
- (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
- (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
- The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
verb
- (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
- (obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
- (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.
- (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.
- (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.
- To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
- To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
- To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
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