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s | equipoise |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a proper noun equipoise is

(pharmaceutical drug|trademark) market name for the anabolic steroid boldenone undecylenate.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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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.