1. to make normal, especially to cause to conform to a standard or norm: normalize a patient's temperature; normalizing relations with a former enemy nation.
2. to make (a text or language) regular and consistent, especially with respect to spelling or style.
3. to remove strains and reduce coarse crystalline structures in (metal), especially by heating and cooling.
4. to become or return to normal: waiting for diplomatic relations to normalize.

1. to make normal, to make standard.
2. to format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
3. (statistics) to reduce to variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
4. to return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
5. to return to the normal position from the reverse position.
6. (computing, database) to subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
7. (mathematics) to divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.

1. to make normal.
2. to make standard; determine the value by comparison to an item of known standard value.
3. to convert to a standard form or measure; adjust the value or values so as to conform to a standard measure or pattern.

1. to render normal; reduce to a standard; cause to conform to a standard.

1. become normal or return to its normal state
2. make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard
3. bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling