equalizer

Betekenis (Engels)

1. One who makes equal; a balancer.
2. A device that balances various quantities.
3. A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
4. An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
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.

Sinonieme

equaliser

counterweight

balance

counterbalance

counterpoise

equal lever

compensator

equipoise

filter

governor

offset

EQ

surveyor’s level

complementor

kite tail

equalizing busbar

equalizing cable

potential equalizing wire

balance gear

compensation apparatus

balance beam

Vertalings

égaliseur

but égalisateur

Ausgleichstor

equalizzatore

equalitzador

igualador

ecualizador

Ausgleich

equalizzatores

gelijkmaker

Entzerrer

égalisation

équilibre

égalisateur

Ausgleicher

Etimologie (Engels)

From equalize + -er (nominal suffix: agent noun).