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stand⋅ard⋅ize

  [stan-der-dahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
2. to compare with or test by a standard.
3. to choose or establish a standard for.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become standardized.
Also, especially British, stand⋅ard⋅ise.

Origin:
1870–75; standard + -ize

Related forms:
stand⋅ard⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
stand⋅ard⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
stand⋅ard⋅iz⋅er, noun
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stan·dard·ize   (stān'dər-dīz')   
tr.v.   stan·dard·ized, stan·dard·iz·ing, stan·dard·iz·es
  1. To cause to conform to a standard.
  2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard.
stan'dard·i·za'tion (-dər-dĭ-zā'shən) n.
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Standardize

Stand"ard*ize\, v. t. (Chem.) To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : standardize
Italian: standardizzare, uniformare,
German: normen,
Japanese: 画一化する
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Main Entry: stan·dard·ize
Variant: also British stan·dard·ise /'stan-d&rd-"Iz/
Function: transitive verb
InflectedForms: -ized also British -ised; -iz·ing also British -is·ing
1 : to reduce to or compare with a standard<standardize a solution>
2 : to bring into conformity with a standard
3 : to arrange or order the component items of a test (as of intelligence orpersonality) so that the probability of their eliciting a designated class of response varies with some quantifiable psychological or behavioral attribute, function, or characteristic —stan·dard·iza·tion also British stan·dard·isa·tion /"stan-d&rd-&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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standardize stan·dard·ize (stān'dər-dīz')
v. stan·dard·ized, stan·dard·iz·ing, stan·dard·iz·es

  1. To cause to conform to a standard.
  2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard.

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