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Definition of Counterpoising
1. counterpoise [v] - See also: counterpoise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterpoising
Literary usage of Counterpoising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elevators: A Practical Treatise on the Development and Design of Hand, Belt by John H. Jallings (1918)
"counterpoising Early Forms Development. In this section are described the
construction and methods of application of the various forms of counterpoise ..."
2. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1847)
"By this means the connection of the chains with the counterpoising weights would
be set at liberty as the tide rose, and the tube would be supported by the ..."
3. The British Journal of Photographyby Liverpool Photographic Society by Liverpool Photographic Society (1874)
"But, even with the uneven beam, the absolute weight can be obtained by " double
weighing." This consists in carefully counterpoising the ..."
4. An Ephemeris of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Therapeutics and Collateral by Edawrd P. Squibbs (1885)
"As the counterpoising flask was hermetically sealed with ... the counterpoising
varied from '01 to '03 gram, as the barometer was above or below 30 inches ..."
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