Noun: standardization stan-dur-du'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,stan-du(r)-dI'zey-shun [Brit]
- The imposition of standards or regulations
"a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization";
- standardisation [Brit], normalization, normalisation [Brit]
- The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument
"the thermometer needed standardization";
- calibration, standardisation [Brit]
- The condition in which a standard has been successfully established
"standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions of dollars";
- standardisation [Brit]
Derived forms: standardizations
Type of: activity, condition, social control, status
Encyclopedia: Standardization