Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - poise
Poise
poise
1. n. & v. --n. 1 composure or self-possession of manner. 2 equilibrium; a stable state. 3 carriage (of the head etc.). --v. 1 tr. balance; hold suspended or supported. 2 tr. carry (one's head etc. in a specified way). 3 intr. be balanced; hover in the air etc. Etymology: ME f. OF pois, peis, peser ult. f. L pensum weight f. pendere pens- weigh 2. n. Physics a unit of dynamic viscosity, such that a tangential force of one dyne per square centimetre causes a velocity change one centimetre per second between two parallel planes in a liquid separated by one centimetre. Etymology: J. L. M. Poiseuille, Fr. physician d. 1869
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I. verb (~d; poising) see: pensive Date: 1598 transitive verb 1. balance, to hold supported or suspended without motion in a steady position , to hold or carry (the head) in a particular way, to put into readiness ; brace, intransitive verb to become drawn up into readiness, hover, II. noun see: pendant Date: 1649 a stably balanced state ; equilibrium , 2. easy self-possessed assurance of manner ; gracious tact in coping or handling, a particular way of carrying oneself ; bearing, carriage, see: tact III. noun Etymology: French, from Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille died 1869 French physician and anatomist Date: 1913 a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity equal to the viscosity of a fluid that would require a shearing force of one dyne to impart to a one-square-centimeter area of an arbitrary layer of the fluid a velocity of one centimeter per second relative to another layer separated from the first by a distance of one centimeter ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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