| 单词 | poise |
| 释义 | Word Frequency poise 1(pɔɪz) noun 1. composure or dignity of manner 2. physical balance or assurance in movement or bearing 3. the state of being balanced or stable; equilibrium; stability 4. the position of hovering 5. suspense or indecision verb 6. to be or cause to be balanced or suspended 7. (transitive) to hold, as in readiness to poise a lance 8. (transitive) a rare word for weigh1 Word origin C16: from Old French pois weight, from Latin pēnsum, from pendere to weighWord Frequency poise 2(pwɑːz, pɔɪz) noun the cgs unit of viscosity; the viscosity of a fluid in which a tangential force of 1 dyne per square centimetre maintains a difference in velocity of 1 centimetre per second between two parallel planes 1 centimetre apart. It is equivalent to 0.1 newton second per square metre Symbol: PWord origin C20: named after Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille (1799–1869), French physician |
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