normalize
/ˈnɔɹ.mə.laɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "There is little hope that the two countries will normalize relations; their governments seem to hate each other and would just as soon stay on bad terms."
- "Advocacy groups have long known the power of TV plot lines. Back in the 1980s, the Harvard School of Public Health mounted a campaign to normalize the idea of a “designated driver” to reduce drunk driving."
- "Whether or not the Trump administration moves ahead, officials and observers say the proposal has normalized the forcible transfer of Palestinians – classified as “ethnic cleansing” and a “war crime” by the United Nations."
- "We'll need to normalize these statements before we can compare them."
- "After we properly normalize the measurements with respect to age, gender, geography and economic considerations, there remains little evidence of a difference between the two groups."
- "The Dice coefficient normalizes for length by dividing by the total number of non-zero entries. We multiply by 2 so that we get a measure that ranges from 0.0 to 1.0 with 1.0 indicating identical vectors."
Etymology
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- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English normalize From normal + -ize.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɔɹ.mə.laɪz/
- British English: /ˈnɔː.mə.laɪz/