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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion [syn: equalizer, equaliser]
2: a weight that balances another weight [syn: counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser]
3: a score that makes the match even

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1792 one that equalizes: as a. a score that ties a game b. an electronic device (as in a sound-reproducing system) used to adjust response to different audio frequencies

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an equalizing score or goal etc. in a game. 2 sl. a weapon, esp. a gun. 3 Electr. a connection in a system which compensates for any undesirable frequency or phase response with the system.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equalizer E"qual*iz`er, n. 1. = Equalizing bar. 2. A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force. 3. (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. 4. (A["e]ronautics) A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an a["e]roplane.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equalizer E"qual*i`zer, n. One who, or that which, equalizes anything.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also equaliser(equalizers) In sports such as football, an equalizer is a goal or a point that makes the scores of the two teams equal. (BRIT) N-COUNT: usu sing

Moby Thesaurus

KO, clincher, crusher, death stroke, deathblow, end-all, ender, final stroke, finisher, finishing stroke, kayo, kayo punch, knockout, knockout blow, last dab, quietus, settler, sockdolager, stopper