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noun
2.
a dignified, self-confident manner or bearing; composure; self-possession: to show poise in company.
3.
steadiness; stability: intellectual poise.
4.
suspense or wavering, as between rest and motion or two phases of motion: the poise of the tides.
5.
EXPANDthe way of being poised, held, or carried.
6.
COLLAPSEthe state or position of hovering: the poise of a bird in the air.
verb (used with object)
7.
to adjust, hold, or carry in equilibrium; balance evenly.
8.
to hold supported or raised, as in position for casting, using, etc.: to poise a spear.
9.
to hold or carry in a particular manner: She walked, carefully poising a water jug on her head.
10.
Obsolete. to weigh.
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verb (used without object)
11.
to rest in equilibrium; be balanced.
12.
to hover, as a bird in the air.
Origin:
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English pois(e) weight < Old French (French poids) < Late Latin pēnsum, noun use of neuter past participle of Latin pendere to weigh; (v.) Middle English poisen to weigh < Old French poiser, variant, based on tonic stem, of peser < Latin pēnsāre, frequentative of pendere
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English pois(e) weight < Old French (French poids) < Late Latin pēnsum, noun use of neuter past participle of Latin pendere to weigh; (v.) Middle English poisen to weigh < Old French poiser, variant, based on tonic stem, of peser < Latin pēnsāre, frequentative of pendere
Synonyms
2. self-assurance; polish, grace, refinement.
2. self-assurance; polish, grace, refinement.
Antonyms
1, 3. instability.
1, 3. instability.
Example Sentences
- You try to give him as much dignity and poise as possible.
- But the young woman retained her poise throughout the ordeal, and her captors could not prove witchcraft.
- And thus made him lose all his poise.
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noun Physics.
a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in which a stress of one dyne per square centimeter is required to maintain a difference of velocity of one centimeter per second between two parallel planes in the fluid that lie in the direction of flow and are separated by a distance of one centimeter. Symbol: P
Origin:
1910–15; < French; namedafter Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille (1799–1869), French physician
1910–15; < French; namedafter Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille (1799–1869), French physician
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| poise1 (pɔɪz) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | composure or dignity of manner |
| 2. | physical balance or assurance in movement or bearing |
| 3. | the state of being balanced or stable; equilibrium; stability |
| 4. | the position of hovering |
| 5. | suspense or indecision |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to be or cause to be balanced or suspended |
| 7. | (tr) to hold, as in readiness: to poise a lance |
| 8. | (tr) a rare word for weigh |
| [C16: from Old French pois weight, from Latin pēnsum, from pendere to weigh] | |
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Word Origin & History
poise
early 15c., "weight, quality of being heavy," later "significance, importance" (mid-15c.), from O.Fr. pois "weight, balance, consideration," from M.L. pesum "weight," from L. pensum, noun use of neuter pp. of pendere "to weigh" (see pendant). The sense of "steadiness, composure"
EXPANDfirst recorded 1640s, from notion of being equally weighted on either side (1550s). The verb is first recorded late 14c., "to have a certain weight," from O.Fr. peser, from V.L. pesare, from L. pensare "to weigh carefully," freq. of pendere (pp. pensus) "to weigh." Passive sense of "to be ready" (to do something) is from 1932.
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Medical Dictionary
poise (poiz, pwäz)
n.
A centimeter-gram-second unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.
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poise  (poiz, pwäz) Pronunciation Key
The unit of dynamic viscosity in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter, or 0.1 pascal-seconds. |
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