renormalize

renormalize

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Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Latin norma
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin nōrmālisder.
English normal
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English normalize
English renormalize

    From re- + normalize.

    Verb

    renormalize (third-person singular simple present renormalizes, present participle renormalizing, simple past and past participle renormalized)

    1. (physics) To subject to renormalization
    2. To make the norm again.
      • 2001, New Oxford Review, volume 68, page 38:
        They have emphasized desensitization and normalization, victimization of gay people, and the demonization of their opponents. What we must do is to renormalize family life.

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