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[ verb ] be motionless, in suspension
Examples "The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked" Used in print (Rocky Mountain News, [Denver, Colorado]...)Innumerable motels from Tucson to New_York boast swimming_pools ( `` swim at your own risk '' is the hospitable sign poised at the brink of most pools ) . (National Review, xi: 26...)The Free Chinese know that the situation on the Mainland is in flux , and are poised to strike . (Thomas B. Dewey, Hunter at Large....)It landed on Roberts ' sprawled right thigh , poised precariously , then slid off to the ground . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
Used in print (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)However , there are photographs of suspended drops of cyclohexanol_phthalate ( viscosity 155 poises ) suspended in corn_syrup of 71 poises in a paper by Mason and Bartok . However , there are photographs of suspended drops of cyclohexanol_phthalate ( viscosity 155 poises ) suspended in corn_syrup of 71 poises in a paper by Mason and Bartok . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
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[ noun ] great coolness and composure under strain
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