name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the male given name Norman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /nɔːm/
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Canada, General-American: nôrm
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Canada, General-American: /noɹm/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /noːm/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)m
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CMU ARPABET: N AO1 R M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
That which is normal or typical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country.
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noun
Meaning 3
A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Not eating your children is just one of those societal norms.
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noun
Meaning 4
A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer, computing, engineering, human-sciences, mathematics, natural-sciences, philosophy, physical-sciences, science, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties:
if v ne 0 then ‖v‖ ne 0;
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties:
given a scalar k, ‖kv‖=|k|·‖v‖, where |k| is the absolute value of k;
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties:
given two vectors v,w, ‖v+w‖<‖v‖+‖w‖ (the triangle inequality).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc.
An element of the image of some (generalized) norm, the element then said to be from the norm in question, or from the structure which gave rise to the norm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
Examples
- A quaternion algebra (a,b) over ksplits if and only if b is a norm from the field extension k(#92;sqrt#123;a#125;)#47;k, i.e. if and only if there is some x in k(#92;sqrt#123;a#125;) which has field norm exactly equal to b.
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noun
Meaning 10
A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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noun
Meaning 11
Initialism of naturally occurring radioactive materials.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 12
Initialism of nonmobile older rural male, the target conservative informant for documenting dialects and regional accents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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verb
Meaning 13
To endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematical-analysis, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 14
a statistic describing the location of a distribution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it set the norm for American homes
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Synonyms: average
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Broader terms: statistic
Narrower terms: age norm, mode, modal value, median, median value, mean, mean value
noun
Meaning 15
a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the current middle-class norm of two children per family
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Broader terms: standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
History
Etymology
From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma.
Back-formation from normed.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bashkir: норма (norma) — that which is normal
- Belarusian: но́рма (nórma) — that which is normal
- Bulgarian: но́рма (nórma) — that which is normal
- Catalan: norma — that which is normal
- Chinese Mandarin: 常態 /常态 (chángtài) — that which is normal
- Chinese Mandarin: 規範 /规范 (guīfàn) — that which is normal
- Czech: norma — that which is normal
- Danish: norm — that which is normal
- Dutch: norm — that which is normal
- Esperanto: normo — that which is normal
- Finnish: normi — that which is normal
- French: norme — that which is normal
- Georgian: ნორმა (norma) — that which is normal
- German: Regel — that which is normal
- German: Norm — that which is normal
- Greek: κριτήριο (kritírio) — that which is normal
- Ancient Greek: κριτήριον (kritḗrion) — that which is normal
- Hungarian: norma — that which is normal
- Icelandic: norm — that which is normal
- Ingrian: norma — that which is normal
- Italian: norma — that which is normal
- Japanese: 規 (nori) — that which is normal
- Japanese: 規範 (kihan) — that which is normal
- Japanese: ノルマ (noruma) — that which is normal
- Korean: 규범 (gyubeom) — that which is normal
- Latin: norma — that which is normal
- Norwegian: norm — that which is normal
- Persian: هنجار (hanjâr) — that which is normal
- Persian: نُرم (norm) — that which is normal
- Persian: معیار (me'yâr) — that which is normal
- Polish: norma — that which is normal
- Portuguese: norma — that which is normal
- Romanian: normă — that which is normal
- Russian: но́рма (nórma) — that which is normal
- Slovak: norma — that which is normal
- Spanish: norma — that which is normal
- Swedish: norm — that which is normal
- Ukrainian: но́рма (nórma) — that which is normal
- Bashkir: норма (norma) — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Bulgarian: правило (pravilo) — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Bulgarian: норма (norma) — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Catalan: norma — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Czech: norma — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Finnish: normi — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- French: norme — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- German: Norm — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Indonesian: norma — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Italian: norma — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Japanese: 規範 — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Korean: 규범 (gyubeom) — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Muna: fefuna — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Occitan: nòrma — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Occitan: normo — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Persian: هنجار (hanjâr) — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Persian: نرم (norm) — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Polish: norma — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Portuguese: norma — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Romanian: regulă — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Romanian: normă — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Russian: но́рма (nórma) — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Spanish: norma — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Ottoman Turkish: قاعده (kaʿide) — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Ukrainian: но́рма (nórma) — rule that is enforced by members of a community
- Polish: norma — philosophy, computer science: sentence with non-descriptive meaning
- Bulgarian: норма (norma) — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- Danish: norm — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- Finnish: normi — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- French: norme — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- German: Norm — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- Hungarian: norma — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- Italian: norma — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- Persian: نرم (norm) — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- Polish: norma — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- Russian: норма (norma) — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- Spanish: norma — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- Swedish: norm — math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals
- Polish: norma — chess: high level of performance
- Bulgarian: нормирам (normiram) — To endow with a norm
- Dutch: normeren — To endow with a norm
- French: normer — To endow with a norm
- German: normieren — To endow with a norm
- Polish: normować — To endow with a norm
- Polish: unormować — To endow with a norm
- Polish: normalizować — To endow with a norm
- Polish: znormalizować — To endow with a norm
- Polish: regulować — To endow with a norm
- Polish: uregulować — To endow with a norm
- Polish: standaryzować — To endow with a norm
- Polish: ustandaryzować — To endow with a norm
- Polish: zestandaryzować — To endow with a norm
- Spanish: normar — To endow with a norm