poise
Synonyymisanakirja
poise
viskositeetin yksikkö, poisi, tasapainotila, tasapaino, säilyttää, kantaa, pysytellä tasapainossa, tasapainoilla, pitää tasapainossa.
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Englannin sanakirja
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poise englanniksi
puhekieltä weight Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
Dryden
A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
(rfquotek)
composure Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
mien Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
puhekieltä A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.
puhekieltä To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
Longfellow
puhekieltä To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
Shakespeare
puhekieltä To add weight to, to weigh down. (defdate)
(RQ:Flr Mntgn Essay), II.2:
puhekieltä To hold (something) (m) or (m) something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose. (defdate)
1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet, I.2:
To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used. (defdate)
I poised the crowbar in my hand, and waited.
to poise the scales of a balance
To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced. (defdate)
The rock was poised precariously on the edge of the cliff.
South
a unit of measure of unknown value (which presumably varied because of the technology of the time)