normalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌnɔː.məˌlaɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩]
ipa: [ˈnɔː.mə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃn̩]
ipa: /ˌnɔɹ.mə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌnɔɹ.məˌlaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: [ˌnoː.məˌlɑɪˈzæɪ.ʃn̩]
ipa: [ˈnoː.mə.ləˈzæɪ.ʃn̩]
Forms: form: normalizations
form: normalisation
Etymology: From normal + -ization or normalize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: In the writings of Banfield, Wilson, and the New Progressives, the present-oriented, the wicked and the disorderly are portrayed as being abnormal―as being in need of normalization, control, and supervision. This makes it a lot easier for the rest of us […] to accept the aggressive policing and harsh punishment of the disorderly others.
ref: 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:
glosses: 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.
glosses: Standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations.
examples: Meronym: atomization
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy.
examples: text: 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^([sic]) and "create a good atmosphere for normalizations of relations in the coming months and years."
ref: 1982 April 25, William E. Farrell, “LOW-KEY CEREMONIES SET FOR SINAI TRANSFER TODAY”, in The New York Times:
text: 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.
ref: 2007, Joe Biden, “This Can't Hurt Us”, in Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 143:
topics: diplomacy
government
politics
glosses: Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption.
qualifier: operations
glosses: Normalized production.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Sharing or enforcement of standard policies.
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: 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.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data.
Derived terms: autonormalization
homonormalization
orthonormalization
pseudonormalization
renormalization
transnormalization
Related terms: sense: separating data into an optimized relational data model
word: atomization
word: regularization
word: seminormalization
word: standardization
word: stabilization
topics: databases
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: first normal form
topics: databases
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: second normal form
topics: databases
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: third normal form
topics: databases
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: fourth normal form
topics: databases
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: fifth normal form
topics: databases
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: Boyce-Codd normal form