noun

• Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.
• Standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations.
• (databases) In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy.
• (diplomacy) Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries.
• (economics) Globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption.
• (operations) Normalized production.
• (politics) Sharing or enforcement of standard policies.
• (sociology) A process whereby artificial and unwanted norms of behaviour and models of behaviour are made to seem natural and wanted, through propaganda, influence, imitation and conformity.
• (statistics) The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data.
• (politics) Peace efforts and treaties between the Arab League and Israel. See Arab–Israeli normalization.