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STANDARDISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does standardised mean?
• STANDARDISED (adjective)
The adjective STANDARDISED has 2 senses:
1. brought into conformity with a standard
2. capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
Familiarity information: STANDARDISED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brought into conformity with a standard
Synonyms:
standardised; standardized
Context example:
standardized education
Similar:
standard (conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
Synonyms:
exchangeable; interchangeable; similar; standardised; standardized
Context example:
interchangeable parts
Similar:
replaceable (capable of being replaced)
Context examples
Researchers estimated prices of 657 standardised food products using the 2011 International Comparison Program survey that focused on 176 countries.
(High cost of healthy food to blame for malnutrition, SciDev.Net)
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