equalizer
pronunciation
How to pronounce equalizer in British English:
UK [ˈi:kwəlaɪzər]
How to pronounce equalizer in American English:
US [ˈikwəˌlaɪzɚ]
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- Noun:
- electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
- an equivalent counterbalancing weight
- a score that makes the match even
Word Origin
- equalizer (n.)
- 1792, agent noun from equalize. Sports sense attested by 1930; in the U.S. underworld slang sense of "pistol," it is from c. 1900.
Example
- 1. Duplex filters , equalizer and attenuator all adopted plug-in design .
- 2. Still , wherever there is a low-income household unboxing the family 's very first personal computer , there is an automatic inclination to think of the machine in its most idealized form , as the great equalizer .
- 3. Injuries , of course , are the unpredictable equalizer and are capable of rearing their ugly visage at the most inopportune times .
- 4. Support background play , support equalizer , support shaking to change music .
- 5. Guns are a great equalizer : they make women equal to men .