"normalise" meaning in English

See normalise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: normalises [present, singular, third-person], normalising [participle, present], normalised [participle, past], normalised [past]
Etymology: From normal + -ise. Etymology templates: {{af|en|normal|-ise}} normal + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} normalise (third-person singular simple present normalises, present participle normalising, simple past and past participle normalised)
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of normalize. Tags: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: normalize
    Sense id: en-normalise-en-verb-552pp6my Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 68 22 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 29 13

Inflected forms

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