denormalized
/ˌdiːˈnɔː(ɹ).mə.laɪzd/
denormalized is the simple past and past participle of denormalize.
Adjective
denormalized (not comparable)
Meaning of denormalize
Verb
denormalize (third-person singular simple present denormalizes, present participle denormalizing, simple past and past participle denormalized)
- 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.2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 516
- 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.2018, Lee Quinby, Millennial Seduction: A Skeptic Confronts Apocalyptic Culture, page 139
Questions about denormalized
- What does denormalized mean?
- Denormalized means denormal.
- What is denormalized the simple past and past participle of?
- Denormalized is the simple past and past participle of denormalize.
- What part of speech is denormalized?
- Denormalized is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce denormalized?
- Denormalized is pronounced /ˌdiːˈnɔː(ɹ).mə.laɪzd/.
Words near denormalized in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: denormalized (page history and authors); denormalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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