Definition of Equipoise

1. Noun. Equality of distribution.

Exact synonyms: Balance, Counterbalance, Equilibrium
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Specialized synonyms: Conformation, Proportion, Symmetry
Derivative terms: Equilibrate, Equilibrate, Equilibrize

Definition of Equipoise

1. n. 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.

Definition of Equipoise

1. Proper noun. (pharmaceutical drug trademark) Market name for the anabolic steroid boldenone undecylenate. ¹

2. Noun. A state of balance; equilibrium. ¹

3. Noun. A counterbalance. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To act or make to act as an equipoise. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To cause to be or stay in equipoise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Equipoise

1. [v -POISED, -POISING, -POISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equipoise

equipendency
equipes
equiphasic complex
equipluve
equipment
equipment and supplies
equipment casualty
equipment contamination
equipment failure
equipment failure analysis
equipment reuse
equipment safety
equipmentman
equipmentmen
equipments
equipoise (current term)
equipoised
equipoises
equipoising
equipollence
equipollences
equipollent
equipollently
equipollents
equiponderance
equiponderancy
equiponderant
equiponderate
equiponderated
equiponderates

Literary usage of Equipoise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles and Practice of Morality: Or, Ethical Principles Discussed and by Ezekiel Gilman Robinson (1888)
"Freedom as equipoise or Indifference between Objects. § 75. The conception of free will as consisting in a state of equipoise, or indifference between ..."

2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"^The most obvious features of The Lives of the Poets is the equipoise of biography and criticism. Johnson states the facts simply, but connects them with ..."

3. History of the United States of America, Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1904)
"... aside from Kansas, there were signs in the sky that the old equipoise between ... equipoise ..."

4. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"The hand of Jove Held scales in equipoise, and threw thereon Th' unequal fortunes of the heroes twain: One to vast labors doomed and one to die. ..."

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