equipoise

equipoise

1. tasapaino

2. vastapaino

Synonyymisanakirja

equipoise

rakennelma, tasapaino, vastapaino, symmetrinen rakenne, symmetria, sopusuhtaisuus, tasasuhtaisuus.

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Englannin sanakirja

equipoise englanniksi

1. A state of balance; equilibrium.

2. 1794, w:Edmund Burke|Edmund Burke, s:A Letter to a Noble Lord|A Letter to a Noble Lord,

Government was unnerved, confounded, and in a manner suspended. Its equipoise was totally gone.

3. 1869, w:T. S. Arthur|T. S. Arthur, s:After the Storm|After the Storm, Ch. IV,

“An easy evasion”, retorted the excited bride, who had lost her mental equipoise.

4. 1878, w:Thomas Hardy|Thomas Hardy, s:The Return of the Native|The Return of the Native, Ch. 6,

The words were not without emotion, and retained their level tone as if by a careful equipoise between imminent extremes.

5. 1927–29, w:Mahatma Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi, s:An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth|An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part II, Raychandbhai, translated 1940 by w:Mahadev Desai|Mahadev Desai,

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.

6. A counterbalance.

7. 1911, w:H. G. Wells|H. G. Wells, s:The Cone|The Cone,

The cone’s not fixed, it’s hung by a chain from a lever, and balanced by an equipoise.

8. puhekieltä To act or make to act as an equipoise.

9. puhekieltä To cause to be or stay in equipoise.

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