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normalize

'nɒ:mәlaiz4 senses · 246 ms
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verb/ˈnɔː.mə.laɪz//ˈnɔɹ.mə.laɪz//ˈnoː.mə.lɑɪz/
  1. 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. 2

    To consider normal, to treat as standard in the face of older norms.transitive

  3. 3

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

    • We'll need to normalize these statements before we can compare them.
  4. 4

    To become normal; to return to a normal state.intransitive

  5. 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. 6

    To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.transitive

  7. 7

    To return to the normal position from the reverse position.intransitive

  8. 8

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

  9. 9

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

    • Charpy impact testing showed that the normalized steel in the tank shell of the punctured chlorine car had a fracture toughness that was significantly greater than the fracture toughness of the non-normalized steels of the catastrophically
  10. 10

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

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