normalizing

(transitive) To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.
(transitive) To consider normal, to treat as standard in the face of older norms.
(transitive) To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
(transitive) To reduce the variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
(transitive) To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
(intransitive) To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
(transitive) To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
(transitive) To anneal (steel) for the purpose of decreasing brittleness and increasing ductility.
(transitive) To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.