Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that equalizes, as.
- noun A device for equalizing pressure or strain.
- noun A tone control system designed to compensate for frequency distortion in audio systems.
- noun Slang A deadly weapon, such as a firearm or switchblade.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which equalizes or makes equal; an adjuster; a leveler.
- noun Specifically, a pivoted bar attached to the pole of a wagon and carrying at its ends the swingletrees to which the horses are attached; an evener. Also called
equalizing-bar . - noun Also spelled
equaliser . - noun In a wide sense, any form of balanced bar designed to equalize irregular strains, as in the buffers of a car-platform or the springs used to keep a car-vestibule closed under the swaying of the cars when in motion.
- noun A box or tank, loosely filled with sand, coke, sawdust, or other cleansing material, through which the gas from a producer is passed to make its quality uniform.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
- noun same as
Equalizing bar . - noun A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- noun (Elec.) 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.
- noun (Aëronautics) A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aëroplane.
- noun (Electronics) 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.
- noun slang a gun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who makes
equal ; abalancer . - noun A goal that
equalizes the score. - noun A electronic audio device for altering the
frequencies of sound recordings.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a weight that balances another weight
- noun electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
- noun a score that makes the match even
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Examples
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The one equalizer is they can give up rebounds as any small guy.
Preparing for the Predators Katie Carrera 2010
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The great equalizer is kids, when you go home and see your kids, you have no choice but to forget about work and be a father.
PRISON BREAK Scoop Direct from the 2007 Paley Festival | the TV addict 2007
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Kaberle set up the equalizer from the top of the right faceoff circle.
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By focusing on a range of issues - sexual predation, teenage suicide, bullying, sexting, drug and alcohol abuse, sexual trafficking - Boyd has shown, often to the dismay of those in the tech community who believe that the Internet is the ultimate equalizer, that issues of race, class and gender persist in the virtual world just as in the real world.
The Seattle Times 2012
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The equalizer was a total of two picks by Eagles 'CB Asante Samuel, who as usual was jumping routes as opposed to covering his man downfield.
unknown title 2009
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The equalizer was a total of two picks by Eagles 'CB Asante Samuel, who as usual was jumping routes as opposed to covering his man downfield.
unknown title 2009
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The equalizer is his slider and a healthy Kazmir with a full arsonel could spell trouble for the Sox.
MVN 2009
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The equalizer was a total of two picks by Eagles 'CB Asante Samuel, who as usual was jumping routes as opposed to covering his man downfield.
unknown title 2009
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The equalizer is his slider and a healthy Kazmir with a full arsonel could spell trouble for the Sox.
MVN 2009
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T-Qualizer t-shirts, also known as equalizer shirts, use paper-thin electroluminescent technology powered by a small battery pack to illuminate and flash along to the beat of any music playing nearby.
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'Some day I'll blast 'em. I don't keep that equalizer in my trunk to play Boy Scout with.'
- Nightmare Alley, William Lindsay Gresham
June 30, 2012