standardise
/'stændədaiz/ Cách viết khác : (standardise) /'stændədaiz/
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The laboratory technician uses a calibrated scale to standardise the sample measurements.
Definition
- Verb:
- To cause something to conform to a standard or norm: To make something consistent, uniform, or comparable by establishing or applying a specific set of rules, measurements, or specifications.
- To evaluate or compare something against a standard: To assess the quality, performance, or characteristics of something by measuring it against an established benchmark.
Usage and Examples
Verb (to cause to conform):
- The industry agreed to standardise the size of electrical plugs. (They made all plugs follow the same design rules.)
- The new software update will standardise the file format across all departments. (It will make the file format the same everywhere.)
- Efforts to standardise safety procedures have reduced accidents. (Making safety procedures uniform has had a positive effect.)
Verb (to evaluate against a standard):
- The laboratory will standardise the new testing method against the international benchmark. (They will check if the new method matches the international one.)
- We need to standardise our assessment criteria to ensure fairness. (We need to check our criteria against a fixed standard for fairness.)
Advanced Usage
- "To standardise on something": To formally adopt a specific thing as the standard across an organization or system.
- The company decided to standardise on a single brand of computer.
- Passive Voice: Frequently used to describe processes or items that have been made uniform.
- The components are standardised for easy replacement.
- A standardised test is administered to all students.
Variants and Related Words
- Standardisation (noun, UK spelling; US: ): The process of making things standard or the state of being standardised.
- The standardisation of protocols improved communication.
- Standardised (adjective): Made to conform to a standard.
- The product comes in standardised sizes.
- Standard (noun/adjective): The basis for comparison or the model that is followed.
- This gold bar is the standard for purity. (noun)
- It is a standard procedure. (adjective)
Synonyms
- Normalise (UK: ): To bring or make something conform to a standard or norm.
- Regulate: To control or maintain the rate or speed of something according to a rule or system.
- Systematise (UK: ): To arrange according to an organized system; make systematic.
Related Phrases
- Standardise procedures: To make official methods or processes uniform.
- Standardise measurements: To establish consistent units and methods for measuring.
Notes on Usage
- The word standardise is the preferred spelling in British English. The equivalent American English spelling is standardize. Both forms are correct within their respective dialects.
- The term is commonly used in technical, industrial, scientific, and educational contexts (e.g., , ).
The laboratory technician uses a calibrated scale to standardise the sample measurements.
Verb
- cause to conform to standard or norm
- The weights and measures were standardized
- evaluate by comparing with a standard