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normalize

[ nawr-muh-lahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, nor·mal·ized, nor·mal·iz·ing.

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.

, nor·mal·ized, nor·mal·iz·ing.

to become normal; resume a normal state:
Prices soon normalized after the war.

normalize

/ 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

nor·mal·i·za·tion [nawr-m, uh, -lahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], 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) overnormalized overnormalizing
re·nor·mal·i·za·tion noun
re·nor·mal·ize verb (used with object) renormalized renormalizing
un·nor·mal·ized adjective
un·nor·mal·iz·ing adjective

First recorded in 1860–65; normal + -ize

President Obama defends his decision to normalize ties with Cuba and defends his diplomatic record.

This measure is largely to protect children from the advertising of drugs, which many feel would normalize the experience.

“I started Exo with the mission to normalize consumption of bugs” says Gabi Lewis, co-founder of Exo Protein.

Whether we decide to follow this path, the best we can do to help people like Joni is to normalize and humanize atheism.

The argument for open carry goes that the ubiquity of guns will normalize them in the public eye.

No attempt has been made to correct or normalize printed botanical names.

No attempt has been made to correct or normalize the printed spelling of French or Italian names or words.

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Transcriber's Note: Minor corrections were made to normalize spelling and punctuation.

No attempt has been made to correct or normalize all of the printed spelling of French names or words.

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