counterpoise
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1. counterpoise - Noun
2. counterpoise - Verb
Meaning
To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
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Whenever you make a figure of a man or of some graceful animal remember to avoid making it seem wooden; that is it should move with counterpoise and balance in such a way as not to seem a block of wood.
Sometimes a counterpoise is used as a ground plane, supported above the ground.
It is sometimes called a counterweight trebuchet or counterpoise trebuchet, to distinguish it from an earlier weapon called the traction trebuchet, where men pulling ropes provided the power.
The National Association of Evangelicals formed in 1942 as a counterpoise to the mainline Federal Council of Churches.
The people of Rhegium planted here the exiles from Naxos and Catana in 395 BC as a counterpoise to Dionysius the Elder 's foundation of Tyndaris ; but Dionysius soon took it.
The northern will be glad to find a counterpoise in Vermont.