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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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    noun
    1. graceful and elegant bearing in a person:
      balance
      equilibrium
      control
      grace
      gracefulness
      presence
    verb
    1. be or cause to be balanced or suspended:
      balance
      hang
      hover
      hold (oneself) steady
      steady oneself
      be suspended
      hang suspended
      remain motionless
      hang in midair
     
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    • A state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight.
    • A dignified, self-confident manner or bearing; composure; self-possession.
    • Steadiness; stability; intellectual poise.
    • Calm confidence in a person's way of behaving, or a quality of grace and balance in the way a person holds or moves their body.
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    Poise - definition of poise by The Free Dictionary
    1. a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight. 2. a dignified, self-confident manner or bearing; composure; self-possession: showed great p…
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    POISE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
    Meaning of poise in English poise noun [ U ] approving us / pɔɪz / uk / pɔɪz / Add to word list calm confidence in a person's way of behaving, or a quality of grace (= moving in an…
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