| norm (nôrm) n. 1. A standard, model, or pattern regarded as typical: the current middle-class norm of two children per family. 2. Mathematics a. A mode. b. An average. c. The length of a vector. [French norme, from Old French, from Latin norma, carpenter's square, norm; see gn  - in Indo-European roots.] |
norm [nɔːm]
n
1. an average level of achievement or performance, as of a group or person
2. a standard of achievement or behaviour that is required, desired, or designated as normal
3. (Sociology) Sociol an established standard of behaviour shared by members of a social group to which each member is expected to conform
4. (Mathematics) Maths
a. the length of a vector expressed as the square root of the sum of the square of its components
b. another name for mode [6]
5. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology the theoretical standard mineral composition of an igneous rock
[from Latin norma carpenter's rule, square]
Norm [nɔːm]
n
a stereotype of the unathletic Australian male
[from a cartoon figure in the government-sponsored Life, Be In It campaign]
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| Noun | 1. | norm - a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical; "the current middle-class norm of two children per family" criterion, standard, touchstone, measure - a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" |
| 2. | norm - a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes" statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters statistic - a datum that can be represented numerically age norm - the average age at which particular performances are expected to appear modal value, mode - the most frequent value of a random variable median, median value - the value below which 50% of the cases fall mean, mean value - an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
norm
noun standard, rule, model, pattern, mean, type, measure, average, par, criterion, benchmark, yardstick Their actions departed from what she called the commonly accepted norms of behaviour.
the norm the rule, the average, par for the course, the usual thing Families of six or seven were the norm in those days.
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