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normalize.

To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈnɔː.mə.laɪz/Received-Pronunciation/ˈnɔɹ.mə.laɪz/Canada, General-American/ˈnoː.mə.lɑɪz/Australia
  1. To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.

    transitive
    There is little hope that the two countries will normalize relations; their governments seem to hate each other and would just as soon stay on bad terms.
  2. To consider normal, to treat as standard in the face of older norms.

    transitive
  3. To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.

    transitive
    We'll need to normalize these statements before we can compare them.
  4. To become normal; to return to a normal state.

    intransitive
  5. To reduce the variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.

    transitive
    After we properly normalize the measurements with respect to age, gender, geography and economic considerations, there remains little evidence of a difference between the two groups.
  6. To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.

    transitive
  7. To return to the normal position from the reverse position.

    intransitive
  8. To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).

    transitive
  9. To anneal (steel) for the purpose of decreasing brittleness and increasing ductility.

    transitive
  10. To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.

    transitive
  11. To constrain a number's absolute value to be 1 at maximum. More generally, to constrain the magnitude of a mathematical quantity to be 1 at maximum.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English normalize From normal + -ize.

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