STANDARDISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standardisation mean? 

• STANDARDISATION (noun)
  The noun STANDARDISATION has 3 senses:

1. the condition in which a standard has been successfully established

2. the imposition of standards or regulations

3. the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument

  Familiarity information: STANDARDISATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDARDISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition in which a standard has been successfully established

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

standardisation; standardization

Context example:

standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions of dollars

Hypernyms ("standardisation" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The imposition of standards or regulations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

normalisation; normalization; standardisation; standardization

Context example:

a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization

Hypernyms ("standardisation" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "standardisation"):

stabilisation; stabilization (the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable)

stylisation; stylization (the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style)

Derivation:

standardise (cause to conform to standard or norm)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

calibration; standardisation; standardization

Context example:

the thermometer needed calibration

Hypernyms ("standardisation" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "standardisation"):

tuning ((music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency)

adjustment; readjustment; registration (the act of adjusting something to match a standard)

Derivation:

standardise (evaluate by comparing with a standard)