denormalize

verb

Etymology

From de- + normalize.

  1. derived from normālis
  2. formed as normalize — “normal + -ize
  3. prefixed as denormalize — “de + normalize

Definitions

  1. To add redundancy to (a database schema), the opposite of normalization, typically in…

    To add redundancy to (a database schema), the opposite of normalization, typically in order to optimize its performance.

    • Some developers regularly denormalize portions of the database in an attempt to improve performance.
  2. To make no longer normal

    To make no longer normal; to treat or regard as different or unusual.

    • One question these scenes pose for cultural theory is whether such depictions denaturalize rape and denormalize masculinist pleasure in viewing sexual violence.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for denormalize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA