normalize
to make normal: Traditional Chinese medicine uses ginseng to normalize blood pressure.
to cause (something previously considered abnormal or unacceptable) to be treated as normal:I have to resist the impulse to normalize her eccentricities.
to establish or resume (relations) in a normal manner, as between countries.
Statistics. to mathematically transform or adjust (the values in a data set) so that they fit a standard measure or scale, such as by making all the values fall between 0 and 1: Data was normalized before analysis.
Metallurgy. to heat (a steel alloy) to a suitable temperature above the transformation range and then cool it in still air at ambient temperature.
to become normal; resume a normal state: Prices soon normalized after the war.
Origin of normalize
1- Also especially British, nor·mal·ise .
Other words from normalize
- nor·mal·i·za·tion [nawr-muh-lahy-zey-shuhn], /ˌnɔr mə laɪˈzeɪ ʃən/, noun
- de·nor·mal·i·za·tion, noun
- o·ver·nor·mal·i·za·tion, noun
- o·ver·nor·mal·ize, verb (used with object), o·ver·nor·mal·ized, o·ver·nor·mal·iz·ing.
- re·nor·mal·i·za·tion, noun
- re·nor·mal·ize, verb (used with object), re·nor·mal·ized, re·nor·mal·iz·ing.
- un·nor·mal·ized, adjective
- un·nor·mal·iz·ing, adjective
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How to use normalize in a sentence
Through his normalising the chief causal factor engaged in the process, it affects also his arguments from cause to effect.
The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays | Thorstein Veblen
British Dictionary definitions for normalize
normalise
/ (ˈnɔːməˌlaɪz) /
to bring or make into the normal state
to bring into conformity with a standard
to heat (steel) above a critical temperature and allow it to cool in air to relieve internal stresses; anneal
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