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Words Described by "Poise"

  1. lamp
  2. fawlocks
  3. firelocks
  4. viscosity
  5. results
  6. weight
  7. wires

What Google Knows

The poise is the unit of dynamic viscosity in the centimetre–gram–second system of units. It is named after Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille. The centipoise is more commonly used than the poise itself.

Related Definition

  1. poise:

    n A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.

    n Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.

    n Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.

    n A condition of hovering, or being suspended.

    n (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.

    n (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.

    n The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.

    n That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

    v (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.

    v (obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

    v (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.

    v (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.

    v (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.

    v To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.

    v To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.

    v To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.


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