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EQUIPOISE
balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
(noun) equality of distribution
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Equipoise
(pharmaceutical drug) Market name for the anabolic steroid boldenone undecylenate.
Etymology
Noun
equipoise (uncountable)
A state of balance; equilibrium.
A counterbalance.
Verb
equipoise (third-person singular simple present equipoises, present participle equipoising, simple past and past participle equipoised)
(transitive) To act or make to act as an equipoise.
(transitive) To cause to be or stay in equipoise.
Source: Wiktionary
E"qui*poise, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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