verb

• (transitive) To make normal, to make standard.
• (transitive) To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
• (statistics, transitive) To reduce the variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
• (rail transport, transitive) 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.
• (computing, databases, transitive) To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
• (metallurgy, transitive) To anneal (steel) for the purpose of decreasing brittleness and increasing ductility.
• (mathematics, transitive) To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.