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standardisation has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the condition in which a standard has been successfully established
“standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions of dollars”
the imposition of standards or regulations
“a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for standardisation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument
“the thermometer needed calibration”