单词 | standardize |
释义 | standardizev. 1. a. transitive. To cause (something) to conform to a standard or uniform size, strength, form, composition, etc.; to adjust or align (a data set, measurement, test, etc.) with respect to a specific value or measurement taken as a standard. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > bring into conformity > regularize, normalize, or standardize sizea1400 annormea1644 disenorma1644 regularize1780 standardize1792 normalize1847 formalize1855 1792 T. Law Sketch Late Arrangem. Bengal 140 It would be also an easy measure, now, to standardise the weights, through all the Ganges, under the collector's stamp. 1889 Daily News 20 June 6/3 The supply of electrical energy under statutory powers could not be effectively carried out unless there was some method of standardising the meters and other instruments. 1970 A. H. Keeney Ocular Exam. ii. 18/2 Snellen's real contribution was to standardize the size and form of test letters with relation to the distance from the observer. 2009 U. McGovern & P. Jenner Lost Lore 68 In Britain, various monarchs and governments attempted to standardize certain units of measurement—notably Henry I who standardized the yard as the distance from his nose to the tip of his upwardly-pointed thumb at the end of his outstretched arm. b. transitive. To make (an activity, procedure, expression, etc.) conform to a standard norm, purpose, technique, etc. Also: to make consistent or unchanging over time or within different contexts. ΚΠ 1896 Rep. Secretary Navy (54th U.S. Congress 2nd Sess.) 251 The office has continued its efforts to standardize and simplify the methods of work. 1900 M. Crackanthorpe in 19th Cent. Jan. 103 (title) Can sentences be standardised? 1907 Times 5 Feb. 3/5 The Dean..contends that the teaching..ought to be stably standardized. 1936 N.Y. Times 11 June 5/1 This ‘social audit’ will have the..purpose of..standardizing the administration of relief in the bureau's forty-four district offices. 1968 Brit. Med. Bull. 24 194/2 Community care has emphasized the need to standardize and expand the medical vocabulary in directions outside the immediate disease situation. 1986 N. de Lange Judaism (1991) iii. 41 It was the rabbis who standardized the form of the weekday Amidah itself, with its nineteen blessings. 2002 L. Gold Good Hosp. Guide 3 The way GPs practise medicine is being standardised. c. intransitive. Esp. with on: to adopt a principle, criterion, etc., as a standard. Also: to select one of several different models, options, etc., as the standard one. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > be conformable to something [verb (intransitive)] > adopt as a standard standardize1908 1908 Rec. Supreme Court U.S. No. 396. 6609 There was no obligation to standardize by so small a flame as 14 candles, save the facility it gave for comparison with the former gas, coal gas. 1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through i. i. 16 They had standardized and machined wholesale, while the British were still making the things one by one. 1946 J. H. Du Bois & W. I. Pribble Plastics Mold Engin. 353 It is common practice to standardize on the size and design of the transfer chamber and plunger used with hand molds. 1958 Listener 21 Aug. 259/2 The next big stumbling block is to get all the airlines to agree to standardise on this navigation system. 1989 Nature 11 May 82/2 That the Ministry of Education should have decided to standardize on computers with TRON architecture is easily understood. 2012 Buses Apr. 42/1 Trent Barton has standardised on single-deckers for 20 years and phased them out of mainstream service a dozen years ago. 2. transitive. To ascertain the properties of (something) by comparison with a standard. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > try or test [verb (transitive)] > by a standard assayc1400 standardize1870 1870 Mass. Teacher June 195 To standardize the permanganate solution. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 600/1 The wattmeter can best be standardized by employing it to measure the known power taken up in an inductionless circuit, such as a bank of incandescent lamps. 1982 G. C. Hill & J. S. Holman Chem. in Context: Lab. Man. & Study Guide 15/1 Partner No. 1 should standardize the approximately 1.0 M NaOH used for the hydrolysis as follows. 2009 L. J. Wheat et al. in D. L. Mayers et al. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance II. lxvii. 989/1 The Histoplasma inoculum was standardized by comparison to McFarland standard of 5 at 530nm, then diluted 1:100. Derivatives ˈstandardizing adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > in order to conform > regularizing, standardizing, or normalizing smoothing1577 regularization1816 normalization1848 standardizing1880 standardization1883 commonization1953 1880 Science 11 Sept. 140/2 This observation of Mr. Blunt..serves as a basis for standardizing. 1889 Daily News 20 June 4/7 To advocate the establishment of an electrical standardizing laboratory. 1892 Daily News 31 Mar. 6/8 The Electric Standardising, Testing, and Training Institution. 1997 D. Hannah in Amer. Speech 72 349 It is likely that my presence alone as an overhearer..had a standardizing effect on the speech of my informants. 2001 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 34 346/1 Constant efforts of institutionalizing, standardizing and black-boxing are necessary..to make the microbes that Pasteur discovered or invented travel back in time, ensuring that they have always existed. 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