equalizern.

/ˈiːkwəˌlʌɪzə/

Etymology: formed as equalize v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who, or that which, makes equal; spec. an appliance for equalizing the speed of a machine, or the power used to drive it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > making equal > one who or that which makes equal

evenera1300

equallera1649

equalizer1792

1792 F. Burney Let. Oct. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 243 [The Duke's] deportment is quite noble, & in a style to announce conscious rank even to the most sedulous equalizer.

1792 Sir B. Thompson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 82 79 The ocean may be considered as the great reservoir and equalizer of heat.

1853 G. H. Lewes Life & Wks. Goethe I. 233 The forest is the great equaliser of temperature in Nature.

1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art i. 5 Education..is not the equalizer, but the discerner of men.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Equalizer, an evener or whiffletree to whose ends the swingle-trees or single-trees of the individual horses are attached.

1882 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 15 Feb. 174 The Otto Power Equaliser.

b. Electr. A passive network designed to modify the frequency response of a circuit (as a transmission line or an amplifier), esp. in order to compensate for frequency-dependent attenuation or phase shifts.

ΚΠ

1928 G. E. Sterling & R. S. Kruse Radio Man. vi. 222 The equalizer is employed to correct the frequency characteristic of the telephone line by forming a shunt which affords a variable impedance for different frequencies.

1930 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 9 587 Since the amplifier has a flat gain characteristic, an attenuation equalizer is called for to correct the distortion introduced by the cable.

1943 F. E. Terman Radio Engineers' Handbk. iii. 244 A phase equalizer is an all-pass filter designed to introduce a desired phase shift as a function of frequency in the load current.

1958 N.Z. Listener 26 Sept. 9/2 Here also are the variable equalisers that compensate for the frequency losses in the lines to the recording centre from outside points. All the lines come to the central rack and the equalisers there, except the fixed programme lines which go to fixed equalisers in the main equipment room.

1958 Van Nostrand's Sci. Encycl. 606/1 The equalizer shows a frequency response which is the inverse of the system it is intended to equalize so the result..is to restore the overall response to a flat characteristic.

c. Association Football. A goal that equalizes (cf. equalize v. 4b).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > score

equalizer1930

score draw1970

1930 Daily Express 9 Sept. 12/2 Wednesday were playing very well..and Rimmer headed the equaliser just inside half an hour.

1960 Times 25 Jan. 16/5 Jackson scored a scrambling equalizer.

d. A revolver. Also, a cosh; (occasionally) some other weapon. slang (orig. U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun]

weaponc930

toolc1386

instrument?a1475

armament1741

equalizer1931

1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) iv. 89 He outs with the old equalizer and starts blasting away.

1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit xvi. 162 I reached a hand into my pocket and got a firm grasp on the old Equalizer.

1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water xi. 252 I..got..my little equalizer... I gave him a very sound bang, and he just slithered down.

1961 I. Jefferies It wasn't Me! xi. 157 He just thought anybody running about with a nasty look and an equalizer was a foreigner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	equalizer
释义	equalizern. /ˈiːkwəˌlʌɪzə/ Etymology: formed as equalize v. + -er suffix¹. a. One who, or that which, makes equal; spec. an appliance for equalizing the speed of a machine, or the power used to drive it. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > making equal > one who or that which makes equal evenera1300 equallera1649 equalizer1792 1792 F. Burney Let. Oct. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 243 [The Duke's] deportment is quite noble, & in a style to announce conscious rank even to the most sedulous equalizer. 1792 Sir B. Thompson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 82 79 The ocean may be considered as the great reservoir and equalizer of heat. 1853 G. H. Lewes Life & Wks. Goethe I. 233 The forest is the great equaliser of temperature in Nature. 1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art i. 5 Education..is not the equalizer, but the discerner of men. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Equalizer, an evener or whiffletree to whose ends the swingle-trees or single-trees of the individual horses are attached. 1882 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 15 Feb. 174 The Otto Power Equaliser. b. Electr. A passive network designed to modify the frequency response of a circuit (as a transmission line or an amplifier), esp. in order to compensate for frequency-dependent attenuation or phase shifts. ΚΠ 1928 G. E. Sterling & R. S. Kruse Radio Man. vi. 222 The equalizer is employed to correct the frequency characteristic of the telephone line by forming a shunt which affords a variable impedance for different frequencies. 1930 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 9 587 Since the amplifier has a flat gain characteristic, an attenuation equalizer is called for to correct the distortion introduced by the cable. 1943 F. E. Terman Radio Engineers' Handbk. iii. 244 A phase equalizer is an all-pass filter designed to introduce a desired phase shift as a function of frequency in the load current. 1958 N.Z. Listener 26 Sept. 9/2 Here also are the variable equalisers that compensate for the frequency losses in the lines to the recording centre from outside points. All the lines come to the central rack and the equalisers there, except the fixed programme lines which go to fixed equalisers in the main equipment room. 1958 Van Nostrand's Sci. Encycl. 606/1 The equalizer shows a frequency response which is the inverse of the system it is intended to equalize so the result..is to restore the overall response to a flat characteristic. c. Association Football. A goal that equalizes (cf. equalize v. 4b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > score equalizer1930 score draw1970 1930 Daily Express 9 Sept. 12/2 Wednesday were playing very well..and Rimmer headed the equaliser just inside half an hour. 1960 Times 25 Jan. 16/5 Jackson scored a scrambling equalizer. d. A revolver. Also, a cosh; (occasionally) some other weapon. slang (orig. U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] weaponc930 toolc1386 instrument?a1475 armament1741 equalizer1931 1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) iv. 89 He outs with the old equalizer and starts blasting away. 1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit xvi. 162 I reached a hand into my pocket and got a firm grasp on the old Equalizer. 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water xi. 252 I..got..my little equalizer... I gave him a very sound bang, and he just slithered down. 1961 I. Jefferies It wasn't Me! xi. 157 He just thought anybody running about with a nasty look and an equalizer was a foreigner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1792
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