Definition of "equalize"

equalize

/ˈiːkwəlaɪz/

verb
third-person singular simple present equalizes, present participle equalizing, simple past and past participle equalized
1. (transitive) To make equal; to cause to correspond in amount or degree.
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  One poor moment can suffice / To equalize the lofty and the low.
  1815, William Wordsworth, Epitaph 3
  No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers.
  1828, Richard Whately, Elements of Rhetoric
2. (obsolete, transitive) To be equal to; to equal, to rival.
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  But a third kingdom yet is to arise / Out of the Trojans scattered ofspring, / That in all glory and great enterprise, / Both first and second Troy shall dare to equalise.
  1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie
  polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those of his three kingdoms
  1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […]
3. (intransitive, sports) To make the scoreline equal by scoring points.
4. (underwater diving) To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
5. (category theory) Said of a morphism: to pre-compose with each of a parallel pair of morphisms so as to yield the same composite morphism.
6. (signal processing) To adjust the balance between frequency components within an electronic signal.
  Quotations
  The technique for frequency slewing of a transient is different from that for vibration testing in that it is necessary to equalize at low level as the clock frequency is slewed in relatively small increments from the nominal to the desired frequency.
  1987, The Shock and Vibration Bulletin - Volume 57, Parts 1-4, page 35

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equalize

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