standardization

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Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *standaną
Frankish *standan
Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?
Proto-Germanic *harduz
Proto-Indo-European *-yos
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
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 *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English standardize
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
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]
    • (Australia) IPA(key): /ˌstæn.də.dɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən/
    • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌstɛn.də.daɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/, [ˌstɛn.də.dɑe̯ˈzæɪ.ʃn̩]
    • Audio (London):(file)
    • 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.

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