Normalizes

Normalizes is the third-person singular present tense of the verb normalize. Normalize means to bring something into alignment with a standard, to adjust measurements to a common scale, or to restore conditions to a normal or typical state. The term is widely used across disciplines with context-specific meanings.

In mathematics and computing, normalization often refers to transforming quantities to a standard form. Vector normalization divides a vector by its length to produce a unit vector. Data normalization rescales values to a common range, such as 0 to 1, or to achieve a particular statistical property like zero mean and unit variance (z-score normalization).

In databases and information systems, normalization is the process of organizing data to reduce redundancy and improve consistency, typically by applying a sequence of normal forms (1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF).

In image and audio processing, normalization adjusts sample values to use the full dynamic range, improving comparability across samples. In machine learning and statistics, normalization is a preprocessing step that can help algorithms converge and improve performance, though it can affect the interpretability of original units.

In social sciences, normalization refers to the process by which certain practices, conditions, or relationships become accepted as normal within a group or society. The term ultimately derives from Latin norma meaning a carpenter’s rule or standard, via French normaliser, and then into English as normalize.