normalization

Etymology

normal + -ization

noun

1. 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.
2. Standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations.
3. (databases) In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy.
4. (diplomacy) Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries.
   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. 2007, Joe Biden, “This Can't Hurt Us”, in Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 143
5. (economics) Globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption.
6. (operations) Normalized production.
7. (politics) Sharing or enforcement of standard policies.
8. (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.
9. (statistics) The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data.