English Explanatory Dictionary

normalize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.
To consider normal, to treat as standard in the face of older norms.
To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
To become normal; to return to a normal state.
To reduce the 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.
To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
To anneal (steel) for the purpose of decreasing brittleness and increasing ductility.
To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.
To constrain a number's absolute value to be 1 at maximum. More generally, to constrain the magnitude of a mathematical quantity to be 1 at maximum.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɔː.mə.laɪz/ /ˈnɔɹ.mə.laɪz/ en-us-normalize.ogg /ˈnoː.mə.lɑɪz/ en-au-normalize.ogg

Word forms

normalize normalizes normalizing normalized normalise

Etymology

From normal + -ize.

Antonyms

reverse

Related words

normal normalization normalized normalizer normalizes normalizing

Derived words

denormalize heteronormalize misnormalize nonnormalized normalizability normalizable orthonormalized pseudonormalize renormalize unnormalize unnormalized self-normalize

Translations

Finnish: palauttaa Finnish: palautua German: normieren German: normalisieren Polish: unormować

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