Definition of "equalize" in English

verb

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.

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, of a morphism) to precompose 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.