Equipoise \E"qui*poise\, n. [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.
[1913 Webster]
The means of preserving the equipoise and the
tranquillity of the commonwealth. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
Our little lives are kept in equipoise
By opposite attractions and desires. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
2. Counterpoise.
[1913 Webster]
The equipoise to the clergy being removed. --Buckle.
Equipollence
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
equipoise
n : equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium, counterbalance]
WordNet (r) 2.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "equipoise":
balance, ballast, coequality, coextension, consideration,
correspondence, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight,
equality, equation, equilibrium, equipollence, equiponderance,
equity, equivalence, equivalency, equivalent, evenness,
give-and-take, identity, justice, levelness, likeness, makeweight,
offset, par, parallelism, parity, poise, proportion, quid pro quo,
setoff, something of value, stasis, symmetry, tit for tat
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
balance, clinical equipoise, counterbalance, equilibrium, Search the Web, that seest no equipoise
|
|
|