EQUIPOISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does equipoise mean? 

• EQUIPOISE (noun)
  The noun EQUIPOISE has 1 sense:

1. equality of distribution

  Familiarity information: EQUIPOISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUIPOISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equality of distribution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

balance; counterbalance; equilibrium; equipoise

Hypernyms ("equipoise" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equipoise"):

conformation (a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing)

proportion; symmetry (balance among the parts of something)