STANDARDIZATION

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


Etymology

Noun

standardization (countable and uncountable, plural standardizations)

The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard.

The process of establishing a standard.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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