Definition of equivariant chain complex.

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What do we mean by equivariant chain complex? Is it a chain complex with some property ? I looked in many references and i did not find a definition of the expression "equivariant chain complex", I met this expression when reading about homology with local coefficients and it seems that they use it as a name for the cellular chain complex of the universal covering of a finite connected CW-complex $X$. It seems like it has a link with the action of $\pi_1(X)$ on the universal covering $\tilde X$ by Deck transformations but in what sense is this action equivariant ? thank you for your help !

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It means the complex of chains $c$ on $\widetilde X$ which are "equivariant with respect to deck transformations", meaning that for each deck transformation $f : \widetilde X \to \widetilde X$ the formula $f_\#(c)=c$ holds.