Norm

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A pattern that is regarded as typical of something.
  • noun. A standard or expectation that is established for a given enterprise or effort.
  • noun. A pattern of behavior considered acceptable or proper by a social group.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An average.
  • noun. The magnitude of a vector.
  • noun. The modulus of a complex number.
  • transitive verb. To establish or judge in reference to a norm.
  • transitive verb. To define a norm on (a space).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In petrography, in the quantitative classification (see rock), the standard mineral composition of an igneous rock, that is, the chemical composition expressed in terms of standard minerals.
  • noun. A rule; a pattern; a model; an authoritative standard.
  • noun. In biology, a typical structural unit; a type.
  • noun. An abbreviation of Norman.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.
  • noun. A typical, structural unit; a type.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. That which is regarded as normal or typical.
  • noun. A rule that is enforced by members of a community.
  • noun. A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
  • noun. A function, generally denoted or , that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
  • verb. To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a statistic describing the location of a distribution
  • noun. a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
  • Word Usage
    "While the norm is the pillar, and without the norm you can forget about the policy, but in the middle, between the norm and policy, there is evidence."