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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the condition in which a standard has been successfully established;
- Example: "standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions of dollars"
[syn: standardization, standardisation]

2. the imposition of standards or regulations;
- Example: "a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization"
[syn: standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation]

3. the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument;
- Example: "the thermometer needed calibration"
[syn: calibration, standardization, standardisation]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

standardisation
    n 1: the condition in which a standard has been successfully
         established; "standardization of nuts and bolts had saved
         industry millions of dollars" [syn: standardization,
         standardisation]
    2: the imposition of standards or regulations; "a committee was
       appointed to recommend terminological standardization" [syn:
       standardization, standardisation, normalization,
       normalisation]
    3: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a
       standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the
       thermometer needed calibration" [syn: calibration,
       standardization, standardisation]