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noun
1.
a standard, model, or pattern.
2.
general level or average: Two cars per family is the norm in most suburban communities.
3.
Education.
a.
a designated standard of average performance of people of a given age, background, etc.
b.
a standard based on the past average performance of a given individual.
4.
Mathematics.
a.
a real-valued, nonnegative function whose domain is a vector space, with properties such that the function of a vector is zero only when the vector is zero, the function of a scalar times a vector is equal to the absolute value of the scalar times the function of the vector, and the function of the sum of two vectors is less than or equal to the sum of the functional values of each vector. The norm of a real number is its absolute value.
b.
the greatest difference between two successive points of a given partition.
Origin:
1815–25; < Latin norma carpenter's square, rule, pattern
1815–25; < Latin norma carpenter's square, rule, pattern
Related forms
norm·less, adjective
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Norms
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- Tiger had rushed it into development only three months earlier, astonishingly late by industry norms.
- But it brings us all together as a community by reinforcing norms and policing the boundaries of propriety.
- Similarly, for those who are not familiar with parliamentary procedure, its norms can be frustrating.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
norm
"standard, pattern, model," 1821, from Fr. norme, from O.Fr., from L. norma "carpenter's square, rule, pattern," of unknown origin. Klein suggests a borrowing (via Etruscan) of Gk. gnomon "carpenter's square." The L. form of the word, norma, was used in Eng. in the sense of "carpenter's square" from
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