(v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.
(v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
(v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
(v.) That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
(n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.
(n.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
(n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
(n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
(n.) To weigh (down); to oppress.
(v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
Example Sentences:
(1) With the advent of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), molecular biology is at last poised to enter the clinical microbiology laboratory.
(2) Greece standoff over €86bn bailout eases after Brussels deal Read more But while the bailout chiefs are poised to agree on a route map, the journey for the Greek people seems no less long and arduous.
(3) The fluidity of myelin subfractions and of pig brain cortical membranes was estimated; the microviscosity of heavy myelin (5.4 poises) and of cortical membranes (5.1 poises) was similar and less than that of medium (7.8 poises) and light (8.2 poises) myelin.
(4) Manchester United poised to trigger Pedro’s £22m Barcelona release clause Read more Van Gaal wants to strengthen in two areas of the team before the transfer deadline.
(5) Control PBL membranes at 37 degrees C exhibited a microviscosity (eta) equal to 1.89 poise (P).
(6) If that suggests that Norwegian and Australian voters are poised to reward these centre-left incumbents for their management, think again.
(7) Lieutenant General Abdel Wahab al-Saadi said his forces secured the largely agricultural southern neighbourhood of Naymiya, under cover of US-led coalition airstrikes, and are poised to enter the main city.
(8) Espírito Santo Financial markets regained some poise on Friday as fears abated about the potential spread of problems at one of Portugal's biggest banks.
(9) The Bank said in its quarterly inflation report last month that Brexit poised the most significant threat to the UK’s financial stability.
(10) Law is now poised to launch seperate legal proceedings against the paper.
(11) Alex Neil’s side belied their newly promoted status with a calm, poised assurance and incision, epitomised by Robbie Brady and the excellent Nathan Redmond.
(12) Congress was poised to lose power in Delhi and the major states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
(13) Libyan government forces are poised to attack rebels blockading key oil ports this weekend in an offensive that risks splitting the country apart.
(14) With Planned Parenthood poised to take center stage in the spending bill fight, women’s groups have warned that threatening to defund the organization is a “losing strategy” that will have repercussions come election day.
(15) Ellman told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “If Network Rail decide to close part of the system down at a busy time of year, they have to be absolutely sure it’s going to work as planned and it is going to reopen as planned.” But she declined to criticise Mark Carne, chief executive of Network Rail, who is poised to receive a bonus of up to £135,000 and who was on holiday during the engineering works.
(16) Using two methods of footprinting in vivo, we have determined that PUT3 protein is poised at the promoters of the genes encoding these enzymes and that proline-mediated induction modulates the activity of constitutively bound PUT3.
(17) Despite the marauding excellence of the captain, Philip Lahm, and the reflexes and calmed poise of the goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Germany's weakness is defence.
(18) With the advent of better theories on language and reading, and better methods for assessing the structure and function of living human brains and for determining genetic transmission, dyslexia is now poised to become a focal concern of cognitive neuroscience and genetic research.
(19) It could be that wearables are poised for a tsunami of success.
(20) Announcing that £38bn of troublesome loans would be ringfenced within the bank, the new chief executive Ross McEwan heralded a "resetting" of the often fraught relationship with the Treasury – owner of 81% of the shares – and the Bank of England, which regulates the bank and is poised to impose tougher rules on capital.
Sangfroid
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Despite five days far from home and then hours flying through uncertain skies, the first passengers back into Heathrow last night exuded little more than relief and Anglo-Saxon sangfroid.
(2) Yet behind the British sangfroid, there was a real concern that Merkel and Sarkozy were playing right into the media narrative of a split between European social democrats and the Anglo-Saxon free marketeers, the precise narrative Obama tried to dismiss.
(3) Still, she mused, plummeting mercury and freezing flurries are always treated with Scandinavian sangfroid.
(4) No self-pity, no fear: a hostage sets new standards for British sangfroid | Jonathan Jones Read more Banchetti said the five of them were looking to each other for reassurance.
(5) Some citizens reacted to the dramatic events being shown live on TV with sangfroid.
(6) Tywin controls the realm, pulling strings and humiliating his grandson, the king, with sangfroid.
(7) Such sangfroid is rare in the music industry but Carter's rollercoaster career has given him perspective on success, failure and bouncing back.
(8) But it doesn't happen that often, and when it comes to London audiences, the process can be tough, with English sangfroid mixing with the capital's dreaded sophistication.
(9) The emperor, running the occupational risk of poison, used a food-taster, who treated his job with great sangfroid, appreciating the wine, criticising the cook.
(10) Eavesdrop on teachers whose sangfroid you admire to build up your personal artillery of phrases.