equalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ē′kwə-lī′zər
ipa: /ˈiː.kwəˌlaɪ.zə/
ipa: /ˈi.kwəˌlaɪ.zəɹ/
ipa: /ˈiː.kwəˌlɑe.zə/
ipa: /ˈiː.kwəˌlaɪ.zɐ/
ipa: /ˈiː.kwaˌlaj.zɜʳ/
Forms: form: equalizers
form: equaliser
Etymology: From equalize + -er (nominal suffix: agent noun).
Senses: examples: text: Death is the great equalizer.
text: The Internet serves as an equalizer of sorts against common discriminations based on race, gender and age. You have to^([sic]) the opportunity to assess someone based on what they are saying, not WHO is saying it. I think this can provide for some very worthwhile exchanges and allow people who might not do so otherwise, to come to know each other. The downside is that as they say, on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. You can lie or say whatever you want and hide behind anonymity.
ref: 2001 March 23, Julia L. Wilkinson, quoting Robert Seidman, “[An Awesome Tool; A New Way of Life] Benefits of USENET Bulletin Boards and the Internet Community”, in My Life at AOL, [Bloomington, Ind.]: 1stBooks, →ISBN, page 124:
text: Practically, it can be seen clearly that weeder courses are not equalizers. In fact, they exacerbate inequality and continue to push wealthy and privileged students to the top while putting down minority and low-income students.
ref: 2024 September 16, Opinion Department, “TIAS | It’s Time to Weed Out Weeder Courses”, in The Cornell Daily Sun:
glosses: One who makes equal; a balancer.
glosses: A device that balances various quantities.
examples: text: [Bendtner was central to it at all, firstly firing home, via a deflection off Gareth McAuley, after being teed up by Sebastien Larsson's neat backheel, and then a minute later crossing for Elmohamady to head in an equaliser.
ref: 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
text: Mariners scored a run in the seventh inning and the equaliser in the top of the ninth, after Braves’ starting pitcher Ashley Crump had dominated—throwing six scoreless innings for just two hits.
ref: 2011 May 16, Mike Driscoll, “Pirates plunder top spot with late attack”, in Illawarra Mercury, page 36:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
examples: text: Several digital effects are supported by Deck, ranging from a digital equalizer, which lets you accentuate or attenuate certain frequencies, to a stereoizer, which processes a mono- phonic recording to simulate stereo.
ref: 1991, Macworld, volume 8, PC World Communications:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
entertainment
lifestyle
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
glosses: A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
glosses: Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
glosses: A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
glosses: A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: monomorphism
pullback
glosses: 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.
examples: text: Familiar epithets for the revolver were equalizer, shootin' iron . . . smoke wagon.
ref: 1950, C. Merton Babcock, “The Vocabulary of Social Life on the American Frontier”, in Western Folklore, volume 9, number 2, page 138:
glosses: A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
Synonyms: topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: tying goal
Derived terms: coequalizer
equalizer knot