STANDARDIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standardization mean? 

• STANDARDIZATION (noun)
  The noun STANDARDIZATION 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: STANDARDIZATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDARDIZATION (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 ("standardization" 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 ("standardization" is a kind of...):

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

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

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:

standardize (evaluate by comparing with a standard)

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 ("standardization" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

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

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:

standardize (cause to conform to standard or norm)

 Context examples 

As a medicinal herb, ginkgo requires standardization for medicinal use; typically, a 50:1 extract of ginkgo leaf is used in ginkgo supplements.

(Ginkgo, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit used for standardization of an allergenic product based on evaluation of product potency against reference standard in combined in vivo (skin test) and in vitro (IgE-based ELISA) testing.

(Bioequivalent Allergy Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

Quaternary ammonium compounds were introduced in the 1950s and 1960s before the standardization of toxicity studies.

(Common Household Chemicals Lead to Birth Defects in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They are also referred to as anthropomorphic phantoms. (2) Phantoms that are used for standardization and inter-comparison of various radiation conditions are often referred to as Standards. (3) Reference Phantoms include phantoms used to derive radiation dose calculations, mineral density equivalences or other similar type measurements.

(Imaging Phantoms, NCI Thesaurus)