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🔗 To combine as one 📦 To divide into units 📏 To make length one
to unitize

to unitize

8.3
To change a vector or number so it has length one
  • verb
  • /ˈjuːnɪtaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : normalizar
  • To perform vector normalization, you need to unitize the vector by dividing it by its length.

Examples

  • If you unitize the data set, each vector will have a magnitude of one.

  • In machine learning, it is common practice to unitize features to ensure they are on the same scale.

  • And when you, when you unitize a larger number, the effect goes away.

How Normalized

to unitize
  • Specialized
8.3
to normalize
  • US
35 4.1
to scale
61 3.5

Surface Forms

unitize infinitive
unitized past
unitized past participle
unitizing present participle
unitizes third person singular

Morphology

unitize = unit (transparent) = unit + ize

In mathematics 'unit' refers to unit length or unit vector; '-ize' means 'make into', so the formation is straightforward.

Etymology

Unitize comes from unit ('one') and the ending -ize ('to make'). In math and computing it means to make a number or vector have length 'one', so to unitize a vector is to change it so its length is exactly one.