reg·u·lar·ize

[reg-yuh-luh-rahyz]
verb (used with object), reg·u·lar·ized, reg·u·lar·iz·ing.
to make regular.
Also, especially British, reg·u·lar·ise.


Origin:
1615–25; regular + -ize

reg·u·lar·i·za·tion, noun
reg·u·lar·iz·er, noun
un·reg·u·lar·ized, adjective
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regularize or regularise (ˈrɛɡjʊləˌraɪz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
(tr) to make regular; cause to conform
 
regularise or regularise
 
vb
 
regularization or regularise
 
n
 
regularisation or regularise
 
n

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Regularize is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example sentences
They predict the next verb to fall into line will be wed, the past tense of which will regularize from wed to wedded.
The solution uses several constraints to regularize the ill-posed problem.
Thus, achieving performance critically depends on finding ways to reduce and regularize global memory access.
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