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Standardized

adjective

Brought into conformity with a standard. Synonym: standardised.

Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability. Synonyms: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardised. "Interchangeable parts"

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"Standardized" Quotes from Famous Books

... The supernatural element is prominent among these. Stories of ghosts, spiritualism and reincarnation are becoming increasingly popular with authors, especially with the type I have described as A. This is interesting, since it evinces a healthy desire to get away from the banal facts of one's standardized atmosphere, the atmosphere of suburbia. It may be both a reaction and an escape, and may express a desire for a more spiritual life than is vouchsafed us. The love of adventure and the love of love will, of course, remain with ...

— The Best British Short Stories of 1922 • Edward J. O'Brien and John Cournos, editors

... of the "servant question" have caused much and long-continued agitation. The woman of the future should be taught to approach the matter with a scientific summing up of the facts and with a readiness to lift domestic service to a standardized vocation or to abandon it altogether in favor of the "labor-saving devices" and the "public utilities." Certain of our home-efficiency experts assure us that all "industries in the home are doomed." ...

— Vocational Guidance for Girls • Marguerite Stockman Dickson

... appear in the original with and without a space. They have been standardized to always have a space between ...

— History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology • John F. Hurst

... which has produced the "staff writer," and has brought down upon the editor the protests of his more discriminating readers against "standardized fiction" and against sundry uninspired articles produced to measure by faithful hacks. The editor defends his course in printing this sort of material upon the ground that a magazine made up wholly of unsolicited material would be a horrid melange, ...

— If You Don't Write Fiction • Charles Phelps Cushing

... artillery was seldom decisive in battle, it nevertheless waxed more important through improved organization, training, and discipline. In the previous century, calibers had been reduced in number and more or less standardized; now, there were notable scientific and technical improvements. The English scientist Benjamin Robins wedded theory to practice; his New Principles of Gunnery (1742) did much to bring about a more scientific attitude toward ...

— Artillery Through the Ages - A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America • Albert Manucy