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/ˈnôrməˌlīz/,
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normalised, past tense; normalised, past participle; normalises, 3rd person singular present; normalized, past participle; normalising, present participle; normalizing, present participle; normalizes, 3rd person singular present; normalized, past tense;
  1. Bring or return to a normal condition or state
    • - he wants to begin negotiations to normalize relations
    • - the situation had normalized
  2. Multiply (a series, function, or item of data) by a factor that makes the norm or some associated quantity such as an integral equal to a desired value (usually 1)

  3. (in floating-point representation) Express (a number) in the standard form with regard to the position of the radix point, usually immediately preceding the first nonzero digit

  1. become normal or return to its normal state; "Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon"
  2. anneal: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
  3. (normalization) standardization: the imposition of standards or regulations; "a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization"
  4. (Normalization (Czechoslovakia)) In the history of Czechoslovakia, normalization is a name commonly given to the period 1969 to about 1987. ...
  5. (Normalization (database)) In the field of relational database design, normalization is a systematic way of ensuring that a database structure is suitable for general-purpose querying and free of certain undesirable characteristics—insertion, update, and deletion anomalies—that could lead to a ...
  6. (Normalization (economics)) Numéraire is a basic standard by which values are measured, such as gold in a monetary system. Acting as the numéraire is one of the functions of money: to measure the worth of different goods and services relative to one another. ...
  7. (Normalization (mathematical)) The concept of a normalizing constant arises in probability theory and a variety of other areas of mathematics.
  8. (Normalization (metallurgy)) Annealing, in metallurgy and materials science, is a heat treatment wherein a material is altered, causing changes in its properties such as strength and hardness. ...
  9. (Normalization (people with disabilities)) “The normalization principle means making available to all people with disabilities people patterns of life and conditions of everyday living which are as close as possible to the regular circumstances and ways of life or society.”
  10. To make normal, to make standard; To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent; (statistics) To reduce to variations by excluding irrelevant aspects; To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position; To return to the normal position from the reverse position; ( ...
  11. (Normalized) The process of reducing a complex data structure into its simplest, most stable structure. In general the process entails the removal of redundant attributes, keys, and relationships from a data model. Source: DM Review Glossary
  12. (Normalized) A data structure where redundant or multiple occurrence values exist in separate tables related to each other on common keys.
  13. (Normalized) A fictitious concept typically used by analysts to fantasize what earnings for a company would be if the company existed in a vacuum and was not subect to competitive pressures, changes in the economic environment, or idiotic decisions by top management.
  14. (Normalized) A range vote is "normalized" if it rates the best candidate (in the view of that voter) with the maximum possible score, and the worst with the minimum possible score.
  15. (Normalized) To place on a comparable basis. In a typical valuation, historical results are adjusted to remove interest expense, goodwill amortization and any taxes paid. Both historical and future financial results are also adjusted to remove any excess business owner compensation. ...
  16. (Normalized) the transformation of the actual statistics obtained so that they are theoretically part of a unit normal distribution.
  17. (normalized) adj., ANSI, IEEE (of a float) conforming to the description of ``normalized'' as described by IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic. See denormalized.
  18. (Normalization) An automatic process available in most audio software whereby the gain of all program material is adjusted so the peak level will just arrive at 0db. This can sometimes cause noise to enter into the recording if the recording levels are too low. ...
  19. (normalization) The process of converting Unicode text to a particular unique representation.
  20. (1. Normalization) The automatic or manual process in which an image is adjusted to have the same visual qualities (brightness, contrast, threshold, exposure etc.) as other pages in the book.
  21. (NORMALIZATION) making familiar and meaningful activities or behavior for individuals who depend on others for daily activities.
  22. (Normalization) A concept where the goal is to develop an approach to a person’s life that are as culturally as “normal” as possible.  This becomes particularly important for lower functioning people who depend on others for their choices of clothing, hair styles, work (or day programs).
  23. (Normalization) A formal process to standardize various representational forms so that expressions that have the same meaning will be recognized by computer software as synonymous in a data search. ...
  24. (Normalization) A mathematical procedure for adjusting raw test values for fiber-dominated properties to a single (specified) fiber volume content.
  25. (Normalization) A mathematical process that adjusts for differences among data from varying sources in order to create a common basis for comparison. ...