equipoise
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equipoises, plural;
/ˈekwəˌpoiz/,
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equipoises, plural;
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Balance or counterbalance (something)
Noun
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Balance of forces or interests
- - this temporary equipoise of power
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A counterbalance or balancing force
- - capital flows act as an equipoise to international imbalances in savings
Web Definitions:
- balance: equality of distribution
- (equipoised) lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed
- Equipoise is the sixth album by American singer-songwriter Happy Rhodes, released in 1993.
- Equipoise (1928–1938) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse, a chestnut bred in the United States by Harry Payne Whitney and owned by his son, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. He was called the Chocolate Soldier by his fans, due to his elegance and symmetry—living up to his name.
- A state of balance; equilibrium; A counterbalance; To act or make to act as an equipoise; To cause to be or stay in equipoise
- a state of uncertainty regarding whether alternative health care interventions will confer more favorable outcomes, including balance of benefits and harms. ...
- A state of uncertainty where a person believes it is equally likely that either of two treatment options is better.
- A state in which an investigator is uncertain about which arm of a clinical trial would be therapeutically superior for a patient. ...
- great-grandfather of “Epitaph”, was a famous thoroughbred from 1928 to 1938. “The ‘Chocolate Soldier’ won 29 of 51 in six years of racing and was a three-time champion including Horse of the Year twice.” [Rusty Charlie in "Fugue for Tinhorns": I, i]