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Noun: normalization  `nor-mu-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], `nor-mu-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. The imposition of standards or regulations
    "a committee was appointed to recommend terminological normalization"
    - standardization, standardisation [Brit], normalisation [Brit]

Derived forms: normalizations

See also: normalize

Type of: social control

Encyclopedia: Normalization Normalization, metallurgical