standardize

stan·dard·ize

vt

stan·dard·izedalso British ; stan·dard·ised; stan·dard·iz·ingalso British ; stan·dard·is·ing

Definition of STANDARDIZE

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\ (audio pronunciation) noun

Variants of STANDARDIZE

stan·dard·ize also British stan·dard·ise \ˈstan-dərd-ˌīz\ (audio pronunciation)