norm

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Related terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.4 External links 2 Norwegian 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Derived terms 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /nɔːm/, SAMPA: /nO:m/
• (US) enPR: nôrm, IPA: /nɔrm/, SAMPA: /nOrm/

  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin norma (“‘a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept’”).

[edit] Noun

norm (plural norms)

Wikipedia

1. (the norm) That which is regarded as normal or typical.

   Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country.

2. (sociology) A rule that is enforced by members of a community
3. (philosophy) A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as command, permission, and prohibition.
4. (mathematics) A mode or average
5. (analysis) A function, denoted |v| or ||v||, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
   1. |v| > 0 or |v| = 0 iff v = 0;
   2. given a scalar k, |kv| = |k|.|v|, where |k| is the absolute value of k;
   3. given two vectors v and w, |v + w| ≤ |v| + |w| (the triangle inequality).

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[edit] Related terms

• abnormity
• abnormous
• normal
• normated
• normatic
• normative
• normo-

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[edit] Etymology 2

Back-formation from normed.

[edit] Verb

to norm (third-person singular simple present norms, present participle norming, simple past and past participle normed)

1. (analysis) To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.

[edit] Derived terms

• norming

[edit] External links

• 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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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

norm m. (definite singular normen; indefinite plural normer; definite plural normene)

1. norm (that which is normal)

[edit] Derived terms

• normere
• normering

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[edit] Swedish

Inflection for norm	Singular		Plural
Common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	norm	normen	normer	normerna
Genitive	norms	normens	normers	normernas

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[edit] Noun

norm

1. norm (that which is normal)
2. norm (in analysis)

[edit] See also

• normera
• normalisera