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    Norm
    /nôrm/

    noun

  2. The meaning of NORM is an authoritative standard : model. How to use norm in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Norm.

  3. an accepted standard, or a way of behaving or doing things that most people agree with: These standards generally exceed the accepted industry norms. We need to recognize Europe's varied cultural, political, and ethical norms. accepted social norms. the norm.

  4. 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 ...

  5. an accepted standard, or a way of behaving or doing things that most people agree with: These standards generally exceed the accepted industry norms. We need to recognize Europe's varied cultural, political, and ethical norms. accepted social norms. the norm.

  6. a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical. “the current middle-class norm of two children per family”. see more. noun. a statistic describing the location of a distribution. “it set the norm for American homes”. synonyms: average. see more. Pronunciation.

  7. 1. a. A pattern that is regarded as typical of something: a neighborhood where families with two wage-earners are the norm. b. A standard or expectation that is established for a given enterprise or effort: journalistic norms. c. A pattern of behavior considered acceptable or proper by a social group: violated the norms of his community. 2.

  8. Definition of norm noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. What does the noun norm mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun norm. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. norm has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. mathematics (1850s) geology (1900s) minerals (1900s) economics (1960s) See meaning & use. How common is the noun norm?

  10. A norm is an official standard or level that organizations are expected to reach. About 32 percent of students meet national norms in reading. More Synonyms of norm

  11. norm something to change something so that it is of the required standard; to establish a required or agreed standard for something. You can use the information to norm the test. What is the best way to norm the output of the models?

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