Englishfor English speakers
normalize
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verb
(= normalise)
become normal or return to its normal state
Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon
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verb
(= normalise)
make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard
normalize relations with China
normalize the temperature
normalize the spelling
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verb
(= temper)
bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
temper glass
interval
Noun
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A distance in space or in time.
There is a ten-minute interval between classes.
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In music, an interval is the difference in pitch between two notes.
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In mathematics, an interval is a connected section of the real line.
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(mostly British) An intermission.
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In the game of cricket, either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.