poise.
(Of the Br. poise, and this of j. l. M. Poiseuille, 1799-1869, French physicist and physician).
1. m. Fís. Unit of viscosity of the CGS, equivalent to the viscosity of a fluid in which the velocity gradient, subjected to a constant effort of a dina per square centimeter, is about a centimeter per second every inch, perpendicular to the plane of sliding. (Símb.) P).