counterpoise
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French contrepois, contrepeser, later assimilated to poise.
Pronunciation
Noun
counterpoise (plural counterpoises)
- A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
- An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
- The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
Translations
a weight sufficient to balance another
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an equal power or force acting in opposition
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the relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium
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Verb
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- To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
- 1655, Kenelm Digby, Two Treaties
- Weights, counterpoising one another.
- 1655, Kenelm Digby, Two Treaties
- To act against with equal power; to balance.
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- So many freeholders of English will be able to beard and to counterpoise the rest.
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Translations
to act against with equal weight; to equal in weight
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to act against with equal power; to balance
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