normalizer

[ nawr-muh-lahy-zer ]

noun

1. a person or thing that normalizes.
2. Mathematics.
   1. the subgroup consisting of elements that commute with a given element.
   2. the set of elements of a group that commute with every element of a given subgroup.

Word History and Origins

Origin of normalizer¹

First recorded in 1925–30; normalize + -er ¹