normalizing

Definitions

The process of bringing something into conformity with a standard, rule, or typical state.

In metallurgy, a heat treatment process used to make a metal more uniform and ductile by heating it above its critical temperature and cooling it in air.

In data processing, the act of organizing data to minimize redundancy and improve integrity.

Examples

The government is normalizing relations with neighboring countries to improve trade.

She is focused on normalizing her sleep schedule after returning from her trip abroad.

The therapist is normalizing the patient's feelings of anxiety to help them feel less isolated.

Synonyms

standardizing regularizing stabilizing uniforming equalizing leveling adjusting

Antonyms

destabilizing disrupting deviating distorting irregularizing varying fluctuating