normalise

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of normalize.

Verb

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of normalize.
    • Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation. - 1991, Peter Newmark, About Translation, Multilingual...
    • While in most cases salivary cortisol concentration is normalised within a two-week period after delivery, an abnormal adjustment to this state may result in a persistent HPA-axis suppression and hypocortisolemia, which...
    • “It is clear from our review that criminalisation of sex work normalises violence and reinforces gender, racial, economic and other inequalities. - 2018 November 12, Sarah Boseley, “Criminalisation of sex work...

Origin

Etymology tree Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English -ise English normalise From normal + -ise.

Forms

normalises normalising normalised

Derived

denormalise nonnormalised normalisable normalisation orthonormalised renormalise