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An equivalent counterbalancing weight
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counterpoise
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an equivalent counterbalancing weight [syn: counterweight , counterbalance , balance , equalizer , equaliser ] v. constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to [syn: counterweight , counterpose ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counterpoise \Coun"ter*poise`\ (koun"t?r-poiz`; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterpoised (-poizd`); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterpoising .] [OE. countrepesen, counterpeisen, F. contrepeser. See Counter , adv., and Poise , v. t. ] To act against with equal weight; ...
Wikipedia
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thumb|upright=1.5|Ground screen, similar to a counterpoise, at base of mast antenna of AM radio station KTBS thumb|upright=1.4|Diagram of counterpoise under the antenna mast of an AM radio station. It consists of a network of radial copper wires suspended ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Old French contrepois (Modern French contrepoids ), from contre- "against" (see contra- ) + peis , from Latin pensum "weight," noun use of neuter past participle of pendere "to weigh" (see pendant ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight. 2 An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force. 3 The relation of two weights or forces which balance each ...
Usage examples of counterpoise.
In fact, Asuncion was but a type of what the world would be under the domination of any of the sects without the counterpoise of any civil power.
The specialists would grow to be intolerable, were they not counterpoised to some degree by the people of general intelligence.
Everything they did lay counterpoised by the disaster awaiting them at the slightest misstep.
Everything they did lay counterpoised by the disaster awaiting them at the slightest misstep.
The wry lift at the corners of his mouth counterpoised the dark heat of his orbs as he said, "Can you believe it?
The French, said Burke, sounding very like Adams, had "destroyed all balances and counterpoises which serve to fix a state and give it steady direction, and then they melted down the whole into one incongruous mass of mob and democracy.
Where we see a body raised in a scale, we are sure that there is in the opposite scale, however concealed from sight, some counterpoising weight equal to it.
The outer layer – reflecting yet counterpoising the harsh exoskeleton we all display – is hard, thin, yet somehow brittle – but beneath this a softer layer awaits, yet of the same shape and almost the same size.
It does seem, however, that when the opinions of masses of merely average men are everywhere become or becoming the dominant power, the counterpoise and corrective to that tendency would be, the more and more pronounced individuality of those who stand on the higher eminences of thought.
As before, the Pequod steeply leaned over towards the sperm whale's head, now, by the counterpoise of both heads, she regained her even keel.
A crescent of white scar tissue on the back of a knuckle, fine hair on her forearm, almost white, her shoulders and breasts moving in counterpoised pairs, silk rustling, as she reached forward and back and squeezed the lemon, sharp citrus smell and the tip of her tongue between her thin lips, mouth slightly large.
To be unfortunate in any respect was sufficient, if there was no demerit to counterpoise it, to turn the scale of that good man's pity, and to engage his friendship and his benefaction.