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Equalized

Equalize \E"qual*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing.] [Cf. F. ['e]galiser.]

  1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.

    One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low.
    --Wordsworth.

    No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers.
    --Whately.

  2. To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.

    Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad.
    --Orrery.

  3. To be equal to; equal; to match. [Obs.]

    It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart.
    --Waller.

    Equalizing bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.

Wiktionary
equalized

alt. (en-past of: equalize) vb. (en-past of: equalize)

WordNet
equalized

adj. caused to be equal [syn: equalised]

Usage examples of "equalized".

This was where the torpedos were loaded in the tubes, the tubes flooded with water and their pressure equalized with that outside, the muzzle doors opened, and the critical dials and gauges read and reread to insure a successful firing.

Fortunately the pilot equalized to Mars-surface pressure once we all had our masks on, which gave me twenty minutes or so to get used to it.

The torpedos had been warmed, the tubes flooded and pressure equalized, muzzle doors opened—anything that would send a warning to their target had been completed beyond the estimated range of the target's hearing .

The torpedos had been warmed, the tubes flooded and pressure equalized, muzzle doors opened--anything that would send a warning to their target had been completed beyond the estimated range of the target's hearing .

Most of humanity have been equalized into a stagnant sameness beyond belief.

We've equalized them too much for that—equalized out love and ambition and creativity, too.

Whenever equality is imposed as an absolute, it is always equalized at the least common denominator, and historically, the least common denominator of mankind has been quite low indeed.

Anakin's ears popped as the hold pressures equalized, and the subaltern's two escorts were reduced to so much smoking flesh by a series of strobelike weapon flashes.

The limo entered the garage, which was a kind of air lock, and when the pressure equalized we stepped down into the chamber.

When the pressure equalized, I lifted back my helmet, then saw to Smilo's.