equalizer

Plural: equalizers

Noun

• electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
• a weight that balances another weight
• a score that makes the match even
• One who makes equal; a balancer.
• A device that balances various quantities.
• A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
• An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
• A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
• Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
• A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
• A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
• A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
• 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.
• A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.

Examples

• Death is the great equalizer.

Synonyms

balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, tying goal