equalizer

English

Alternative forms

• equaliser

Noun

equalizer (plural equalizers)

1. One who makes equal; a balancer.
2. A goal that equalizes the score.
   • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, BBC Sport:

     [Bendtner was central to it at all, firstly firing home, via a deflection off Gareth McAuley, after being teed up by Sebastien Larsson's neat backheel, and then a minute later crossing for Elmohamady to head in an equaliser.

3. A electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.

Translations

a balancer

Bulgarian: изравнител (bg) m., балансир (bg) Czech: vyrovnávač (cs) m., kompenzátor (cs) m.

a goal that equalizes the score

Bulgarian: изравнителен гол (bg) m. French: but égalisateur (fr) m.

Japanese: 同点ゴール (ja) (dōten gōru), 同点弾 (ja) (dōtendan) Korean: 동점골 (ko) (dongjeomgol)

device for altering audio frequencies

Bulgarian: еквилайзер (bg) Czech: ekvalizér (cs) m.