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English
Etymology
From normal + -ization or normalize + -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
normalization (countable and uncountable, plural normalizations)
- Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.
- Standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations.
- (databases) In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy.
- (diplomacy) Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries.
1982 April 25, William E. Farrell, “LOW-KEY CEREMONIES SET FOR SINAI TRANSFER TODAY”, in The New York Times:Following the line pursued in recent months by President Mubarak, Mr. Ali said he was confident the peace treaty between the two former foes would presist and "create a good atmosphere for normalizations of relations in the coming months and years."
2007, Joe Biden, “This Can't Hurt Us”, in Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 143:On my first trip to China after normalization, I saw firsthand the possibility of leveraging Deng Xiaoping’s very real fear of the Soviets to gain specific intelligence aid from the People’s Republic of China.
- (economics) Globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption.
- (operations) Normalized production. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (politics) Sharing or enforcement of standard policies.
- (sociology) A process whereby artificial and unwanted norms of behaviour and models of behaviour are made to seem natural and wanted, through propaganda, influence, imitation and conformity.
- (statistics) The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data.
Translations
any process that makes something more normal or regular
See also
Proper noun
normalization
- (politics) Peace efforts and treaties between the Arab League and Israel. See Arab–Israeli normalization.