standardization

English

Alternative forms

• standardisation (non-Oxford British spelling)
• standarization, standarisation (non-native speakers' English, misspelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Frankish *standan

Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?

Proto-Germanic *harduz

Proto-Germanic *-jaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ī

Frankish *hard(ī)

Frankish *standahardbor.?

Old French estendre?

Old French estandartbor.

Middle English standard

English standard

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English standardize

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English standardization

From standardize + -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌstæn.də.daɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌstæn.dɚˌdɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌstɛən.dɚˌdɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩], /ˌstæn.dɚˌdəˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌstɛən.dɚˌdəˈzeɪ.ʃn̩]
• (Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌstæn.də.dɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌstɛn.də.daɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/, [ˌstɛn.də.dɑe̯ˈzæɪ.ʃn̩]

• Audio (London):

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• Hyphenation: stan‧dard‧iza‧tion

Noun

standardization (countable and uncountable, plural standardizations) (American and Oxford British spelling)

1. The act, process, or result of complying with a standard.
2. The act, process, or result of establishing a standard.
   • 1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)

     The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.

Derived terms

• age standardization / age standardisation

Translations

act or process of complying with a standard

• Afrikaans: standaardisering sg
• Albanian: standardizim (sq) m
• Aragonese: estandardización m
• Asturian: estandarización f
• Belarusian: стандартыза́цыя f (standartyzácyja)
• Bulgarian: стандартиза́ция (bg) f (standartizácija)
• Cebuano: estandardisasyon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標準化 / 标准化 (zh) (biāozhǔnhuà)

• Czech: standardizace m
• Danish: standardisering c
• Dutch: standaardisatie (nl) m
• Esperanto: normigo
• French: standardisation (fr) f
• Galician: estandarización (gl)
• Georgian: სტანდარტიზაცია (sṭandarṭizacia)
• German: Standardisierung (de) f
• Greek: τυποποίηση (el) f (typopoíisi)
• Hindi: मानकीकरण m (mānkīkraṇ)
• Hungarian: szabványosítás (hu) sg
• Indonesian: standardisasi (id)
• Italian: standardizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 標準化 (ja) (ひょうじゅんか, hyōjunka)
• Kazakh: стандарттау (standarttau)
• Khmer: បមាណីយកម្ម (pak marn ney yak kam), ធម្មនិយាមកម្ម (dhamma niyeam kam)
• Korean: 표준화(標準化) (pyojunhwa)
• Macedonian: стандардизација m (standardizacija)
• Norwegian: standardisering
• Occitan: estandardizacion m
• Polish: standardizacja m
• Portuguese: padronização (pt) f, estandardização f (Brazil, proscribed), standardização (Portugal, proscribed)
• Romanian: standardizare (ro) f, standardizație m
• Russian: стандартиза́ция (ru) f (standartizácija)
• Serbo-Croatian: стандардизација m (standardizacija)
• Slovak: štandardizácia m
• Spanish: estandarización f, normalización f, estandardización f
• Swedish: standardisering (sv) c
• Tagalog: sapamantayan
• Ukrainian: стандартиза́ція f (standartyzácija)
• Vietnamese: tiêu chuẩn hoá (vi) (標準化), sự tiêu chuẩn hoá (vi)
• Welsh: safoniad m, safonoliad m

act or process of establishing a standard

• Albanian: normëzim (sq) m
• Asturian: estandarización f
• Belarusian: стандартыза́цыя f (standartyzácyja)
• Cebuano: estandardisasyon
• Czech: standardizace f
• French: standardisation (fr) f
• German: Standardisierung (de) f
• Greek: τυποποίηση (el) f (typopoíisi)
• Hindi: मानकीकरण m (mānkīkraṇ)
• Italian: standardizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 標準化 (ja) (ひょうじゅんか, hyōjunka)
• Polish: standaryzacja (pl) f, normotwórstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: padronização (pt) f, estandardização f, standardização
• Russian: стандартиза́ция (ru) f (standartizácija)
• Spanish: estandarización f, estandardización f
• Swedish: standardisering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: стандартиза́ція f (standartyzácija)
• Welsh: safoniad m

See also

• normalization
• unification
• uniformity

Further reading

• “standardization”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “standardization”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.