norm
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin norma (“‘a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept’”).
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norm (plural norms)
- (the norm) That which is regarded as normal or typical.
- Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country.
- (sociology) A rule that is enforced by members of a community
- (philosophy) A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as command, permission, and prohibition.
- (mathematics) A mode or average
- (analysis) A function, denoted |v| or ||v||, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
- |v| > 0 or |v| = 0 iff v = 0;
- given a scalar k, |kv| = |k|.|v|, where |k| is the absolute value of k;
- given two vectors v and w, |v + w| ≤ |v| + |w| (the triangle inequality).
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that which is normal
in analysis
rule that is enforced by members of a community
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Back-formation from normed.
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to norm (third-person singular simple present norms, present participle norming, simple past and past participle normed)
- (analysis) To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.
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- norm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- norm in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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norm m. (definite singular normen; indefinite plural normer; definite plural normene)
- norm (that which is normal)
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| Inflection for norm | Singular | Plural | ||
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| Common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | norm | normen | normer | normerna |
| Genitive | norms | normens | normers | normernas |
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norm