Meaning of EQUIPOISE
| Pronunciation: | | 'eekwu`poyz
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| | Definition: | | [n] equality of distribution |
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| | Synonyms: | | balance, counterbalance, equilibrium |
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| | See Also: | | conformation, construction, proportion, structure, symmetry | |
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| | Definition: | | Equipoise
In her second book of poems, Kathleen Halme delivers an irresistible erotics of ocean. Based in fact on the North Carolina coastline, the climate of these poems is one abundant with sun, salt water, and the paradoxical shore. Halme braves happiness despite contemporary trends of cyicism and despair. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E"qui*poise\, n. [Equi- + poise.]
1. Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state
in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced,
and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said
of moral, political, or social interests or forces.
The means of preserving the equipoise and the
tranquillity of the commonwealth. --Burke.
Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite
attractions and desires. --Longfellow.
2. Counterpoise.
The equipoise to the clergy being removed. --Buckle.
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| | Related Terms: | | balance, ballast, coequality, coextension, consideration, correspondence, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equality, equation, equilibrium, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalence, equivalency, equivalent, evenness, give-and-take, identity, justice, levelness, likeness, makeweight, offset, par, parallelism, parity, poise, proportion, quid pro quo, setoff, something of value, stasis, symmetry, tit for tat |
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