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Equipoise - What does it mean?

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equipoise

English

(wikipedia equipoise)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(-)
  • A state of balance; equilibrium.
  • * 1794 , ,
    • Government was unnerved, confounded, and in a manner suspended. Its equipoise was totally gone.
  • * 1869 , , Ch. IV,
    • “An easy evasion”, retorted the excited bride, who had lost her mental equipoise .
  • * 1878 , , Ch. 6,
    • The words were not without emotion, and retained their level tone as if by a careful equipoise between imminent extremes.
  • * 1927–29', ,
    • And I saw him thus absorbed in godly pursuits in the midst of business, not once or twice, but very often. I never saw him lose his state of equipoise .
  • A counterbalance.
  • * 1911 , ,
    • The cone’s not fixed, it’s hung by a chain from a lever, and balanced by an equipoise .

    Verb

  • To act or make to act as an equipoise.
  • To cause to be or stay in equipoise.

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