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equalizer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun equalizer has 3 senses
- equalizer(n = noun.artifact) equaliser - electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion; Array is a kind of electronic equipment
- equalizer(n = noun.artifact) balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser - a weight that balances another weight; Array has particulars: sash weight, tare
- equalizer(n = noun.act) Array - a score that makes the match even; Array is a kind of score
is a kind of weight
Derived form verb equalize2
Derived form verb equalize1
CIDE DICTIONARY
equalizer, n.
- One who, or that which, equalizes anything. [1913 Webster]
- same as Equalizing bar. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets; also, a conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aëroplane. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- a device or circuit within a sound-reproducing system that reproduces the original frequency distribution of the sound before recording by compensating for inequialities in the frequency response of the system. [PJC]
- a gun. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
equalizer, n.
1 an equalizing score or goal etc. in a game.
2 sl. a weapon, esp. a gun.
3 Electr. a connection in a system which compensates for any undesirable frequency or phase response with the system.
1 an equalizing score or goal etc. in a game.
2 sl. a weapon, esp. a gun.
3 Electr. a connection in a system which compensates for any undesirable frequency or phase response with the system.
THESAURUS
equalizer
KO, clincher, crusher, death stroke, deathblow, end-all, ender, final stroke, finisher, finishing stroke, kayo, kayo punch, knockout, knockout blow, last dab, quietus, settler, sockdolager, stopper
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