1. an equal distribution of weight; even balance; equilibrium.
3. to equal or offset in weight; balance.
Examples from the web for equipoise
- And if he has not the balance of the critic, he has some other equipoise of his own.
- To an almost eerie extent, he exemplifies discipline, equipoise and self-control.
- Three years later, he reaches the rocking equipoise that will sustain him for the rest of his life.
- The evidence of record is in relative equipoise on the question of whether the veteran suffered additional.
- Because a state of relative equipoise has been reached in this case, the benefit of the doubt rule will.
- Where the evidence that the veteran was exposed to a herbicide is in equipoise, reasonable doubt as to exposure.
- If the evidence of incompetence is in equipoise, the presumption of competency prevails.
British Dictionary definitions for equipoise
noun 1. even balance of weight or other forces; equilibrium
2. a counterbalance; counterpoise
verb 3. (transitive) to offset or balance in weight or force; balance
Word Origin and History for equipoise
n. 1650s, a contraction of the phrase equal poise (1550s); see equal (adj.) + poise (n.).