EQUALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does equalization mean? 

• EQUALIZATION (noun)
  The noun EQUALIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of making equal or uniform

  Familiarity information: EQUALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making equal or uniform

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

equalisation; equalization; leveling

Hypernyms ("equalization" 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 "equalization"):

balancing; reconciliation (getting two things to correspond)

equating; equation (the act of regarding as equal)

Derivation:

equalize (make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching)

equalize (compensate; make the score equal)