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Wat (wie) is counterpoise - definitie


counterpoise         
ALTERNATIVE REVIEW JOURNAL
I. v. a.
Counterbalance, balance, countervail.
II. n.
Equal weight, neutralizing force.
counterpoise         
ALTERNATIVE REVIEW JOURNAL
¦ noun a factor or force that balances or neutralizes another.
?archaic a state of equilibrium.
?a counterbalancing weight.
¦ verb have an opposing and balancing effect on.
?bring into contrast.
Origin
ME: from OFr. contrepois from contre 'against' + pois from L. pensum 'weight'; cf. poise1.
Counterpoise         
ALTERNATIVE REVIEW JOURNAL
·vt To act against with equal power; to Balance.
II. Counterpoise ·noun An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
III. Counterpoise ·noun The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
IV. Counterpoise ·noun A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
V. Counterpoise ·vt To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to Counterbalance.

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Counterpoise
Counterpoise (1997-2011) is an alternative review journal formerly based in Gainesville, Florida (United States). It was founded in 1997 by Charles Willett (1932-2012), as a project of the AIP Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table.
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor counterpoise
1. Socialism spread to 15 countries throughout the world, becoming useful counter–balance to capitalism and acted as a counterpoise which decided the evolutionary trend of history.
2. This is because the Conservative Party, shell–shocked by three election defeats, is now talking the fashionable language of localism, urging greater freedom for local authorities as a counterpoise to Labours perceived centralism.
3. France has a new president who is breaking not just with the anti–Americanism of the Chirac era but also with 50 years of Fifth Republic orthodoxy that defined French greatness as operating in counterpoise to America.
4. He resigned as minister for reforms after his crippling illness but the League remains a key component of the ruling coalition, Mr Berlusconi‘s northern counterpoise against the power of the post–Fascist National Alliance, whose main strongholds are in the centre and south.