standardization

“standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions of dollars”

“a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; stabilisation, stabilization
the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable; stylisation, stylization
the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style; conventionalisation, conventionalization
the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style; equilibration
stabilization by bringing into equilibrium

Type of:: social control
control exerted (actively or passively) by group action

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; tuning
(music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency; adjustment, readjustment, registration
the act of adjusting something to match a standard; alignment
the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other; collimation
the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope; temperament
an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys; tune-up
adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance; synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization, synchronizing
an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison; voicing
the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color

DEFINITIONS OF: standardization