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Norm

//nɔːm// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A diminutive of the male given name Norman.

Noun

1
That which is normal or typical.
"Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country."
2
Initialism of naturally occurring radioactive materials. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Radon in homes is one occurrence of NORM which may give rise to concern and action to control it, by ventilation."
3
a statistic describing the location of a distribution wordnet
4
A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
"Not eating your children is just one of those societal norms."
5
Initialism of nonmobile older rural male. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

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6
a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical wordnet
7
A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
8
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;
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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;
10
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).
11
Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc.
12
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.
"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."
13
A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

Verb

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Back-formation from normed.

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