equipoise

equipoise

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  1. tasapaino

  2. vastapaino

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equipoise

  1. rakennelma, tasapaino, vastapaino, symmetrinen rakenne, symmetria, sopusuhtaisuus, tasasuhtaisuus.

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vastapaino, tasapaino A state of balance; equilibrium.
1794, w:Edmund Burke|Edmund Burke, s:A Letter to a Noble Lord|A Letter to a Noble Lord,

Government was unnerved, confounded, and in a manner suspended. Its equipoise was totally gone.
1869, w:T. S. Arthur|T. S. Arthur, s:After the Storm|After the Storm, Ch. IV,
“An easy evasion”, retorted the excited bride, who had lost her mental equipoise.
1878, w:Thomas Hardy|Thomas Hardy, s:The Return of the Native|The Return of the Native, Ch. 6,
The words were not without emotion, and retained their level tone as if by a careful equipoise between imminent extremes.
1927–29, w:Mahatma Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi, s:An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth|An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part II, Raychandbhai, translated 1940 by w:Mahadev Desai|Mahadev Desai,
And I saw him thus absorbed in godly pursuits in the midst of business, not once or twice, but very often. I never saw him lose his state of equipoise.
A counterbalance.
1911, w:H. G. Wells|H. G. Wells, s:The Cone|The Cone,
The cone’s not fixed, it’s hung by a chain from a lever, and balanced by an equipoise.
puhekieltä To act or make to act as an equipoise.
puhekieltä To cause to be or stay in equipoise.

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