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poise1 (poiz)

[Middle English poisen, to balance, weigh, from Old French peser, pois-, from Vulgar Latin* pēsāre, from Latin pēnsāre.]

verb: poised, pois·ing, pois·es. 

transitive verb 

To carry or hold in equilibrium; balance.

intransitive verb 

To be balanced or held in suspension; hover.

noun 

  1. A state of balance or equilibrium; stability.
  2. Freedom from affectation or embarrassment; composure.
  3. The bearing or deportment of the head or body; mien.
  4. A state or condition of hovering or being suspended.
poise2 (poiz; pwäz)

[French, after Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille (1799–1869), French physician and physiologist.]

noun 

A centimeter-gram-second unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.