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EQUALISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does equalisation mean?
• EQUALISATION (noun)
The noun EQUALISATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of making equal or uniform
Familiarity information: EQUALISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of making equal or uniform
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
equalisation; equalization; leveling
Hypernyms ("equalisation" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equalisation"):
balancing; reconciliation (getting two things to correspond)
equating; equation (the act of regarding as equal)
Derivation:
equalise (make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching)
equalise (compensate; make the score equal)
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