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poise

/pɔɪz/ sustantivo C1

En español: equilibrio, ponderación, apostura, compostura

  1. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A condition of hovering, or being suspended. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre. (countable, uncountable)
  6. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed. (countable, uncountable)
  7. That which causes a balance; a counterweight. (countable, uncountable)

Plural poises

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Something of his birthplace seemed to cling to the man, and I never looked at his pale, keen face or the poise of his head without associating him with grey archways and mullioned windows and all the venerable wreckage of a feudal keep.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 5 · B2
There was no mistaking the poise of the head, the squareness of the shoulders, the sharpness of the features.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 18 · C1

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