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normalize
[ nawr-muh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- to become normal; resume a normal state:
Prices soon normalized after the war.
normalize
/ ˈɔːəˌɪ /
verb
- 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
Other Word Forms
- Դǰ····پDz [nawr-m, uh, -lahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- de·Դǰ····پDz noun
- o·ver·Դǰ····پDz noun
- ··Դǰ·· verb (used with object) overnormalized overnormalizing
- re·Դǰ····پDz noun
- ·Դǰ·· verb (used with object) renormalized renormalizing
- ܲ·Դǰ·· adjective
- ܲ·Դǰ···Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of normalize1
Example Sentences
I think the Dodgers meeting the president only helped to normalize the insanity.
A generation ago, community members would have shouted down Clinton for normalizing relations with Vietnam.
Trump’s casual racism has become normalized to such a degree that even former outspoken critic Snoop Dogg was convinced to perform at a pre-inauguration event.
Because it had been normalized, Fergi said she didn’t know what to do.
While others feel it’s helpful to normalize majors — it’s just another tournament, they reason — Morikawa finds he’s at his best when shouldering the weight of expectations.
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