Crossword clues for equalizer
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Equalizer \E"qual*i`zer\, n.
One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
same as Equalizing bar.
A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
(Elec.) Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets; also, a conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
(A["e]ronautics) A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an a["e]roplane.
(Electronics) a device or circuit within a sound-reproducing system that reproduces the original frequency distribution of the sound before recording by compensating for inequialities in the frequency response of the system.
a gun. [slang]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1792, agent noun from equalize. Sports sense attested by 1930; in the U.S. underworld slang sense of "pistol," it is from c.1900.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who makes equal; a balancer. 2 (label en sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
WordNet
n. electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion [syn: equaliser]
an equivalent counterbalancing weight [syn: counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equaliser]
a score that makes the match even
Wikipedia
Equalizer or equaliser (see spelling differences) may refer to:
Usage examples of "equalizer".
Though the sound quality was poor, by tweaking the parametric equalizers, and pumping up the compressors, most of the conversation became audible.
The stereo system dominating a small electronics shop drew him close to the glass, five disk CD changer, digital tuner with forty presets, six-mode preset equalizer, dual full-logic cassette decks, extra bass, and he found himself wondering covetously about sub-woofers and wattage.
Besides, that twenty-five-millimeter chain gun makes for a nice equalizer.
This rod he held in his hands was the great equalizer and he'd see if she treated him like a cur dog when rammed deep between those open thighs and buried the head far up inside her aristocratic little belly.
Leia leaned toward the high side, but the automatic equalizers activated, and the vehicle was level even before she realized what she was doing.
The landspeeder rocked and bucked, and there were times when the strain of keeping it level made the equalizers scream like an incoming TIE.
The equalizers began to wail again, the pitch rising toward the inaudible as they strained against the power of the wind.
Both hangars connected with the big axial workway that ran through the center of the vessel right down to the thrust equalizers, nine-tenths the length of the ship.
The divertors are ineffective, and the longitudinal equalizers can't compensate even at full gain.
As Dicky explained, once you get stretched out in a big recliner, you don't want to be jumping up and down adjusting the graphic equalizer.
It is his only valid status symbol, his equalizer, and he pampers it the same way a busty Hollywood starlet pampers her body.
Wouldn't be able to put up much of a fight -- though, she thought with wry amusement, the tire iron had the potential to be a great equalizer.