1. counterpoise - Noun
2. counterpoise - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhenever 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. Leonardo da Vinci
Sometimes a counterpoise is used as a ground plane, supported above the ground. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
The National Association of Evangelicals formed in 1942 as a counterpoise to the mainline Federal Council of Churches. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
The northern will be glad to find a counterpoise in Vermont. Source: Internet