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    poise
    [poiz]
    noun
    poise (noun)
    1. graceful and elegant bearing in a person:
      "poise and good deportment can be cultivated"
      • composure and dignity of manner:
        "at least he had a moment to think, to recover his poise"
    2. archaic
      balance; equilibrium:
      "the balance has passed the point where the spring is in poise"
    verb
    poise (verb) · poises (third person present) · poised (past tense) · poised (past participle) · poising (present participle)
    1. be or cause to be balanced or suspended:
      "he poised motionless on his toes" · "the world was poised between peace and war"
      • (be poised)
        (of a person or organization) be ready to do something:
        "teachers are poised to resume their attack on government school tests"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘weight’): from Old French pois, peis (noun), peser (verb), from an alteration of Latin pensum ‘weight’, from the verb pendere ‘weigh’. From the early senses of ‘weight’ and ‘measure of weight’ arose the notion of ‘equal weight, balance’, leading to the extended senses ‘composure’ and ‘elegant bearing’.
    poise
    [poiz]
    noun
    physics
    poise (noun) · poises (plural noun)
    1. a unit of dynamic viscosity, such that a tangential force of one dyne per square centimeter causes a velocity change one centimeter per second between two parallel planes separated by one centimeter in a liquid.
    Origin
    early 20th century: from the name of Jean L. M. Poiseuille (1799–1869), French physician.
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    verb
    1. be or cause to be balanced or suspended:
      hold (oneself) steady
      steady oneself
      be suspended
      hang suspended
      remain motionless
      hang in midair
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