GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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Equalizer (?), n.
    1. One who, or that which, equalizes anything.

    [1913 Webster]


    2. same as Equalizing bar.

    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


    3.  A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.

    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


    4.  (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.

    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


    5.  (Aëronautics) A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aëroplane.

    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


    6.  (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.

    [PJC]


    7.  a gun. [slang]

    [PJC]

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