normalization

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

normalization
    n 1: the imposition of standards or regulations; "a committee
         was appointed to recommend terminological standardization"
         [syn: {standardization}, {standardisation},
         {normalization}, {normalisation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Normalization \Nor`mal*i*za"tion\, n.
   Reduction to a standard or normal state.
   [1913 Webster]