Standard Lemma guide
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verb
To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To consider normal, to treat as standard in the face of older norms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To become normal; to return to a normal state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
To reduce the variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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verb
To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: reverse
verb
To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: reverse
verb
To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To anneal (steel) for the purpose of decreasing brittleness and increasing ductility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: anneal, temper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: harden, indurate
verb
make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: normalise, renormalize, renormalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
become normal or return to its normal state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: normalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h3sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English normalize From normal + -ize.
Across languages
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
