Normalized vs Stabilized - What's the difference?
normalized | stabilized |
(normalize)
To make normal, to make standard.
To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
(statistics) To reduce to variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
(rail transport) To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
(rail transport, intransitive, of points) To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
(transitive, computing, database) To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
(mathematics) To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.
(stabilize)
To make stable.
To become stable.
As verbs the difference between normalized and stabilized
is that normalized is past tense of normalize while stabilized is past tense of stabilize.normalized
English
Verb
(head)normalize
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Alternative forms
* normalise (UK)Verb
- 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.
- We'll need to normalize these statements before we can compare them.
- 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.
Antonyms
* (rail transport) reverse (transitive and intransitive)stabilized
English
Verb
(head)stabilize
English
Alternative forms
* stabilise (UK)Verb
(stabiliz)- Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
- The country will stabilize after the next election ends.