normalize

1. (transitive) To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.Examples: "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."transitive

2. (transitive) To consider normal, to treat as standard in the face of older norms.transitive

3. (transitive) To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.Examples: "We'll need to normalize these statements before we can compare them."transitive

4. (statistics, transitive) To reduce the variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.Examples: "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."; "It is possible that electrical stimulation may also act centrally, neuromodulating the altered muscle contractibility mechanism, recruiting a larger number of muscle fibers and normalizing the tone of the masticatory, hyoid and pharyngeal muscles [38 ,39 ]."transitive

5. (rail transport, transitive) To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.Antonyms: reversetransitive

6. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To return to the normal position from the reverse position.Antonyms: reverseintransitive