normalize
normalize Lexical Profile
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• verb
To bring or return to a normal or standard condition or state.
"The two countries agreed to normalize diplomatic relations after decades of tension."
To cause something previously considered unconventional or unacceptable to be treated as normal or routine.
"Public awareness campaigns have helped normalize conversations about mental health in the workplace."
To adjust statistical values measured on different scales to a common standard scale, or to structure a relational database to reduce data redundancy (in mathematics, statistics, and computing).
"Researchers had to normalize the test scores before comparing results across different school districts."
To heat steel or another alloy above its critical temperature and allow it to cool in still air in order to relieve internal stresses and refine its grain structure (in metallurgy).
"The technician decided to normalize the forged steel components to improve their machinability and toughness."
• Rhymes for normalize
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the mid-19th century, modeled on French normaliser, from English normal (ultimately from Latin norma, meaning "carpenter's square" or "rule") + the verbal suffix -ize.