Associations to the word «Counterpoise»

Wiktionary

COUNTERPOISE, noun. A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
COUNTERPOISE, noun. An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
COUNTERPOISE, noun. The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
COUNTERPOISE, verb. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
COUNTERPOISE, verb. To act against with equal power; to balance.

Dictionary definition

COUNTERPOISE, noun. A weight that balances another weight.
COUNTERPOISE, verb. Constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin