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Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise..

Poiser :: Poiser (n.) The balancer of dipterous insects.

Overpoise :: Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.

Porpus :: Porpus (n.) A porpoise.

Balance :: Balance (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.

Phocenic :: Phocenic (a.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.

Poise :: Poise (v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

Antilibration :: Antilibration (n.) A balancing; equipoise.

Poise :: Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance..

Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..

Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

Poise :: Poise (n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh..

Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance..

Delphinoidea :: Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms..

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

Delphin :: Delphin (n.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Poise :: Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..

Equilibrate :: Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise..

Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam..

Overpoise :: Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.

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