An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

To make equal; to make uniform.

From → equal + → -ize.

From hamug, → equal + sâz contraction of sâzandé "doer, maker," from sâxtan, sâzidan "to make, form, fashion, prepare" (Mid.Pers. sâxtan, sâz- "to form, prepare, build, make;" Proto-Iranian *sac- "to fit, be suitable; to prepare").

Electronics: A device, usually an electric network, designed to correct for unequal attenuation of phase shift in the transmission of signals.

Agent noun from → equalize.