Post by gstolovy on Jan 27, 2024 15:47:56 GMT -5
The December 2023 update to the Oxford English Dictionary lists a new word entry for EQ, verb, transitive:
To equalize (the levels of the frequency response) of an audio device; cf. equalize v. II.8b. Also: to adjust the tone of (a musical instrument, recording, etc.) with an equalizer; cf. equalizer n. 2b.
Their earliest quotation in this sense is from 1974. The full citation is behind the Oxford University Press paywall
www.oed.com/dictionary/eq_v
To equalize (the levels of the frequency response) of an audio device; cf. equalize v. II.8b. Also: to adjust the tone of (a musical instrument, recording, etc.) with an equalizer; cf. equalizer n. 2b.
Their earliest quotation in this sense is from 1974. The full citation is behind the Oxford University Press paywall
www.oed.com/dictionary/eq_v