Meaning

11 senses
  1. One who makes equal; a balancer.

    Death is the great equalizer.

    баланси́рbalansír

  2. A device that balances various quantities.

    a weight that balances another weight

  3. A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.

    Ausgleich

  4. An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.

    эквала́йзерekvalájzer

    еквала́йзерekvalájzer

  5. A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.

  6. Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.

  7. A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.

  8. A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.

  9. A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.

  10. A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.

  11. (Canada, US, slang)A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. In the last minute, Marcello scored the equalizer.

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  2. Death is the great equalizer.

    deVor dem Tode sind alle gleich.

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  3. He tapped the ball off for Rivaldo on his right, who scored the equalizer.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
device for altering audio frequencies:
Русский
By meaning 2
a balancer:
device for altering audio frequencies:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a goal that equalizes the score:

Forms

plural: equalizers

Synonyms

6 synonyms
tying goal
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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