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equalize

  • /ˈiːkwəlaɪz/ UK
  • /ˈikwəˌlaɪz/ US

verb equalizes · equalizing · equalized · equalise · æqualize

  1. transitive To make equal; to cause to correspond in amount or degree. to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes
  2. obsolete, transitive To be equal to; to equal, to rival. 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.
  3. intransitive To make the scoreline equal by scoring points.
  4. 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. of a morphism to precompose with each of a parallel pair of morphisms so as to yield the same composite morphism.
  6. To adjust the balance between frequency components within an electronic signal. 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.

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verb to make equal

Españoligualar
Portuguêsigualar
Françaiségaliser
Deutschausgleichen
Italianouguagliare
Ελληνικάεξισώνω exisóno
Русскийура́внивать urávnivatʹ, уравня́ть uravnjátʹ, выра́внивать vyrávnivatʹ, вы́ровнять výrovnjatʹ

verb to make the score equal

Españolempatar, igualar
日本語平等にする byōdō ni suru
中文均等化 jūnděnghuà, 等化 děnghuà, 平等化 píngděnghuà
Portuguêsigualar
Françaiségaliser
Deutschausgleichen
Italianouguagliare
Русскийвыра́внивать vyrávnivatʹ, вы́ровнять výrovnjatʹ
עבריתהשווה hishvá

verb to clear the ears

Deutschden Druck im Ohr ausgleichen
Italianocompensare

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@misc{equalize_2026,
  title = {equalize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/equalize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}