regularisation
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Definition
- Noun:
- The act of making something regular or standard: The process of imposing a standard pattern, order, or condition on something.
- The state of being made regular: The condition that results from this process.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The regularisation of working hours improved employee satisfaction.
- After the regularisation of the data, the patterns became much clearer.
- The government announced a policy for the regularisation of informal settlements.
Advanced Usage
- In Statistics/Machine Learning: The process of adding information (a penalty) to a model to prevent overfitting and improve its ability to generalise to new data. This is a technical use of the concept of imposing a constraint to create a more standard or stable outcome.
- L1 and L2 are common techniques for the regularisation of complex regression models.
- In Law and Administration: The official act of making a previously irregular or unofficial situation comply with the law or official rules.
- The regularisation of their immigration status was a long and complex process.
Variants and Related Words
- Regularise (verb, chiefly British English): To make regular or standard.
- The company sought to regularise its tax affairs.
- Regularize (verb, chiefly American English): The American English spelling of 'regularise'.
- Regularity (noun): The state or quality of being regular.
- Irregularity (noun): The opposite state; lack of regularity.
Synonyms
- Standardisation
- Normalisation
- Systematisation
- Formalisation
Antonyms
- Irregularisation
- Disorganisation
- Deregulation
Related Phrases
- Process of regularisation: Emphasises the ongoing action.
- The process of regularisation took several years.
- Policy of regularisation: Refers to an official plan or set of rules designed to achieve regularisation.
- The new policy of regularisation applies to buildings constructed before 2010.
Noun
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
- the condition of having been made regular (or more regular)