normalization

English

normal +‎ -ization

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
- 2007, Biden, Joe, “This Can't Hurt Us”, in Promises to Keep‎, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, LCCN 2007019603, OCLC 1262796254, 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.
(politics) Peace efforts and treaties between the Arab League and Israel. See Arab–Israeli normalization.

any process that makes something more normal or regular

Belarusian: нармаліза́цыя f (narmalizácyja)
Bulgarian: нормализация (bg) f (normalizacija)
Catalan: normalització (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 正常化 (zh) (zhèngchánghuà), 正規化／正规化 (zh) (zhèngguīhuà)
Danish: normalisering c
Dutch: normalisatie (nl) f
Finnish: normalisointi (fi), normitus (fi)
French: normalisation (fr) f
Galician: normalización (gl) f
German: Normalisierung (de) f
Greek: κανονικοποίηση (el) f (kanonikopoíisi)
Hebrew: נרמול‎ m (nirmúl), נוֹרְמָלִיזָצְיָה‎ f (normalizátsya)
Hungarian: normalizálás (hu)
Italian: normalizzazione (it) f
Japanese: 正常化 (ja) (せいじょうか, seijōka), 正規化 (せいきか, seikika), ノーマライゼーション (ja) (nōmaraizēshon)
Maori: whakanoatanga, whakapūnoatanga
Norman: normalisâtion f
Occitan: normalizacion f
Polish: normalizacja (pl) f
Portuguese: normalização f, normatização f
Romanian: normalizare (ro) f
Russian: нормализа́ция (ru) f (normalizácija)
Spanish: normalización f
Swedish: normalisering (sv) c
Ukrainian: нормаліза́ція f (normalizácija)
Vietnamese: sự thông thường hoá