Contextualizebeta

anglepoise

noun

Etymology

From angle + poise, originally a brand name.

  1. derived from pēnsum — “to weigh, ponder, think”
  2. derived from pois
  3. derived from pois
  4. inherited from poys
  5. compounded as anglepoise — “angle + poise”

Definitions

  1. A lamp with an adjustable folding arm to allow the direction of light to be changed.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of anglepoise.

    • At the back of the shop, Peter sat at a large table, the Anglepoise leaning over him, as if searching for errors in his work.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anglepoise. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA