normalize
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- normalise (UK)
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).mə.laɪz/, X-SAMPA: /"nO:(r).m@.laIz/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)məlaɪz
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Verb [edit]
normalize (third-person singular simple present normalizes, present participle normalizing, simple past and past participle normalized)
- (transitive) To make normal, to make standard.
- 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.
- (transitive) To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
- We'll need to normalize these statements before we can compare them.
- (transitive) (statistics) To reduce to variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
- 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.
- (rail transport, transitive) To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
- (transitive) (computing, database) To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
- (transitive) (mathematics) To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.
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Antonyms [edit]
- (rail transport): reverse (transitive and intransitive)
Translations [edit]
to make normal
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to format in a standardized manner
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statistics: to reduce variations
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