general level or average: Two cars per family is the norm in most suburban communities.
Education.
a designated standard of average performance of people of a given age, background, etc.
a standard based on the past average performance of a given individual.
Mathematics.
a real-valued, nonnegative function whose domain is a vector space, with properties such that the function of a vector is zero only when the vector is zero, the function of a scalar times a vector is equal to the absolute value of the scalar times the function of the vector, and the function of the sum of two vectors is less than or equal to the sum of the functional values of each vector. The norm of a real number is its absolute value.
the greatest difference between two successive points of a given partition.
Origin of norm
First recorded in 1815–25, norm is from the Latin word norma carpenter's square, rule, pattern
OTHER WORDS FROM norm
normless,adjective
Words nearby norm
Norilsk, norite, nork, norland, norleucine, norm, Norma, normal, normal antibody, normal antitoxin, normal curve
In the world of work, virtual meetings have become the norm.
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With all this evidence, mask wearing has become the norm in many places.
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“Despite enormous improvements in human health over the past century, we remain far from a situation in which living to 100 years of age in fairly good health is the norm,” the authors said.
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Commitment to democratic norms is faltering widely around the world.
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Violations of norms — even the law — become justifiable depending on who is doing the rule-breaking and who is being targeted.
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However, in reality, this should be the norm, not a “pleasant surprise.”
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But being hung up on before having chance to tell the unnamed desk sergeant I was with the fourth estate is not the norm.
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Subjectivity and exaggerating the foibles or bad reasoning of the opposition in political coverage was the norm.
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Let me emphatically state that what the Lands are alleged to have done is not the norm.
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For people like Woodward who look different than the norm, these kinds of awkward first-liners are a fact of life.
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It is self-consistent and yet inconsistent with the consistency of the kosmos and its norm of being which is consciousness.
The Mystery of Space|Robert T. Browne
It was through the tutors that modern studies fit for the education of a Renaissance gentleman became the norm.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed.|S. A. Reilly
Norm liked several men, but he didn't dream about any of them; if he was off his rocker, it was in some other manner.
The Romantic Analogue|W.W. Skupeldyckle
Consciousness, therefore, is the norm or standard of reference for all questions arising out of a consideration of spatiality.
The Mystery of Space|Robert T. Browne
Norm likes you; and mother is as much obliged to you as she can be, for getting him to go a-fishing.
Little Fishers: and their Nets|Pansy
British Dictionary definitions for norm (1 of 4)
norm
/ (nɔːm) /
noun
an average level of achievement or performance, as of a group or person
a standard of achievement or behaviour that is required, desired, or designated as normal
sociolan established standard of behaviour shared by members of a social group to which each member is expected to conform
maths
the length of a vector expressed as the square root of the sum of the square of its components
another name for mode (def. 6)
geologythe theoretical standard mineral composition of an igneous rock
Word Origin for norm
C19: from Latin norma carpenter's rule, square
British Dictionary definitions for norm (2 of 4)
Norm
/ (nɔːm) /
noun
a stereotype of the unathletic Australian male
Word Origin for Norm
from a cartoon figure in the government-sponsored Life, Be In It campaign