Synonyms of the word

normalize

• v. (transitive) To make normal, to make standard.
• v. (transitive) To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
• v. (transitive, statistics) To reduce to variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
• v. (rail transport, transitive) To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
• v. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
• v. (transitive, computing, databases) To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for…
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

anneal

• v. (metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further…
• v. (figuratively) To strengthen or harden.
• n. (chemistry, metallurgy) An act of annealing.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

normalise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of normalize.

renormalise

• v. Alternative spelling of renormalize.

renormalize

• v. (physics) To subject to renormalization.
• v. To make the norm again.

temper

• n. A tendency to be of a certain type of mood.
• n. State of mind.
• n. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture…
• n. (obsolete) Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler,…
• n. The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone…
• n. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
• n. The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating…
• n. Middle state or course; mean; medium.
• n. (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used…
• v. To moderate or control.
• v. To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
• v. To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
• v. To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
• v. (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
• v. (obsolete, Latinism) To govern; to manage.
• v. (archaic) To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
• v. (archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element;…
• v. (obsolete) To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.

toughen

• v. (transitive) To make tough.
• v. (intransitive) To become tough.