NOUN
- a weight that balances another weight
VERB
- constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to
How To Use counterpoise In A Sentence
- A product of the Reagan-Bush era, she's been steadily counterpoised to the of the right. THE SELLING OF SEX
- Materials and finishes - epoxy resin floors, simple plastered walls, steel, precast concrete and waxed oak - are austere, and colours muted: gun-metal grey and white counterpoised to the warmth of wood.
- At the end you are mesmerised by the linear rhythm and the counterpoise of the relief.
- All parts of the sphere were nicely counterpoised.
- When the sealed ends are cold and the blood has clotted, place the pipette on the centrifuge, clean end downward; counterpoise and centrifugalise thoroughly. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.
- The demarcation is clear: Heumann doesn't allow the two modes to blur together; he deliberately counterpoises one against the other in precarious, hypnotic equilibrium.
- Every melodic figure had its replica, every phrase, its counterpoise in his music.
- The pair of them make a delightfully balanced couple, his gentle intellectuality counterpoised by her firm practicality.
- In this respect, the dog again acts as a counterpoise to the men.
- Burlesque served as a way to counterpoise what these veterans felt was a menacing trend perpetuated by elites - the threat of black equality and a perversion of the war's memory.