In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
STANDARDISATION
calibration, standardization, standardisation
(noun) the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; “the thermometer needed calibration”
standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation
(noun) the imposition of standards or regulations; “a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization”
standardization, standardisation
(noun) the condition in which a standard has been successfully established; “standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions of dollars”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
standardisation (countable and uncountable, plural standardisations)
British standard spelling of standardization.
Source: Wiktionary
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