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A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. / Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation. / Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body. / A condition of hovering, or being suspended.

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poise

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poise

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɔɪz/

Noun

countable uncountable obsolete

A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. / Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation. / Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body. / A condition of hovering, or being suspended.

Japanese Meaning

バランス、均衡、安定状態 / 落ち着き、冷静さ、余裕 / 風格、立ち居振る舞い、身だしなみ / 宙に浮いた状態、浮遊状態

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She maintained her poise on the narrow beam, moving carefully to avoid falling.

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細い平均台の上で彼女はバランスを保ち、落ちないように慎重に動いた。

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Sense（1）

A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.

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Sense（2）

Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.

Sense（3）

Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.

Sense（4）

A condition of hovering, or being suspended.

Sense（5）

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

Letterpress and offset gloss varnishes normally have viscosities varying from 50 to 250 poises; they must stain the paper as little as possible, have insufficient tack to cause plucking, […]

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

as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away, / With dreadfull poyse is from the mayneland rift, / […] So downe he fell […]

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