Main Entry: stan·dard·ize

Variant(s): also British stan·dard·ise \ˈstan-dərd-ˌīz\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): stan·dard·ized also British stan·dard·ised; stan·dard·iz·ing also British stan·dard·is·ing

1 : to reduce to or compare with a standard <standardize a solution>
2 : to bring into conformity with a standard
3 : to arrange or order the component items of a test (as of intelligence or personality) so that the probability of their eliciting a designated class of response varies with some quantifiable psychological or behavioral attribute, function, or characteristic

—stan·dard·iza·tion also British stan·dard·isa·tion \ˌstan-dərd-ə-ˈzā-shən\ noun