Poise

(noun.) a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second.

(noun.) a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium.

(verb.) hold or carry in equilibrium.

(verb.) cause to be balanced or suspended.

(verb.) be motionless, in suspension; 'The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked'.

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• Although the weight is estimated at several tons, so sensitive is its poise on the mercury that the enormous lantern may be easily rotated by the pressure of one’s finger. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Lydgate, by betting on his own strokes, had won sixteen pounds; but young Hawley's arrival had changed the poise of things. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• There was no mistaking the poise of the head, the squareness of the shoulders, the sharpness of the features. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He arranged an electrometer, consisting of an iron needle poised on a pivot, by which to note the action of the magnet. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Then he turned to watch the proceeding below, poised like some wild bird ready to take swift wing at the first sign of danger. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Nearer and nearer she came to where Tarzan of the Apes crouched upon his limb, the coils of his long rope poised ready in his hand. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Three balanced cantilevers are employed, poised on four gigantic steel tube legs supported on four huge masonry piers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• She poised herself on her sound foot, and she took her crutch, and beat it furiously three times on the ground. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• For what seemed an eternity to my overwrought nerves I remained poised thus. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• She glanced behind, and with a wild cry of laughter and challenge, veered, poised, and was gone beyond the grey stone buttress. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I should have such strength,' muttered the robber, poising his brawny arm, 'that I could smash your head as if a loaded waggon had gone over it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I know he's always a saucy creature, said Rosa, poising herself on one of her little feet, and looking maliciously at Adolph. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It seemed clear that where there was a baby, things were right enough, and that error, in general, was a mere lack of that central poising force. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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