norm definition

English norm definition

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɔːm/
• (General American) enPR: nôrm, IPA: /nɔɹm/ ^help
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

From French norme, from Old French, from Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”).

Noun

norm (plural norms)

1. That which is normal or typical.

   Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country.

   • 2008, Dennis Patterson, Ari Afilalo, The New Global Trading Order: The Evolving State and the Future of Trade:

     […] the world needs a constitutional moment that will generate new institutions and actuate a new norm.

   • 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     "This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."

   • 2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Railway's 2020 vision”, in Rail, page 3:

     Projects such as the King's Cross refurbishment, Waterloo blockade, Scottish electrification and the Borders show that the industry can do wonderful work - but that must become the norm, not the exception.

2. 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.

   • 2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, page 230:

     Peer pressure helps explain why people in Europe weigh less than Americans: They follow different social norms, like eating only at mealtimes instead of snacking throughout the day.

3. (philosophy, computer science) A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
5. (mathematics) A function, generally denoted ${\displaystyle v\mapsto \left|v\right|}$ or ${\displaystyle v\mapsto \left\|v\right\|}$ , that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
   1. if ${\displaystyle v\neq 0}$ then ${\displaystyle \left\|v\right\|\neq 0}$ ;
   2. given a scalar ${\displaystyle k}$ , ${\displaystyle \left\|kv\right\|=\left|k\right|\cdot \left\|v\right\|}$ , where ${\displaystyle \left|k\right|}$ is the absolute value of ${\displaystyle k}$ ;
   3. given two vectors ${\displaystyle v,w}$ , ${\displaystyle \left\|v+w\right\|\leq \left\|v\right\|+\left\|w\right\|}$ (the triangle inequality).
6. (chess) A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

Hyponyms

• (mathematics): absolute value, p-adic absolute value, trivial absolute value

Derived terms

Related terms

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

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from normed.

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• norming

Translations

See also

• normalize, normalise

Further reading

• “norm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “norm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• morn

Danish norm definition

Etymology

From Latin norma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɒˀm/

Noun

norm c (singular definite normen, plural indefinite normer)

1. norm; standard

Declension

References

• “norm” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch norm definition

Etymology

Borrowed from French norme, ultimately from Latin nōrma. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔrm/
• Hyphenation: norm
• Rhymes: -ɔrm

Noun

norm f (plural normen, diminutive normpje n)

1. A norm, standard.

Derived terms

• bedrijfsnorm
• begrotingsnorm
• Maastrichtnorm
• normbesef
• normloos
• normtaal
• schrijfnorm
• taalnorm

Related terms

• normaal
• normatief
• normeren

Norwegian Bokmål norm definition

Etymology

From Latin norma.

Noun

norm m (definite singular normen, indefinite plural normer, definite plural normene)

1. norm (that which is normal)

Derived terms

• normere

References

• “norm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk norm definition

Etymology

From Latin norma.

Noun

norm f (definite singular norma, indefinite plural normer, definite plural normene)

1. A norm (that which is normal).

Derived terms

• normera/normere
• normering

References

• “norm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish norm definition

Pronunciation

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Noun

norm c

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

Declension

Declension of norm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	norm	normen	normer	normerna
Genitive	norms	normens	normers	normernas

Related terms

• normal
• normativ
• normera
• normalisera

Anagrams

• morn

Veps norm definition

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nurmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńurme. Cognates include Finnish nurmi.

Noun

norm

1. lawn
2. meadow

Declension

Inflection of norm (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing.	norm
genitive sing.	normen
partitive sing.	normed
partitive plur.	normid
	singular	plural
nominative	norm	normed
accusative	normen	normed
genitive	normen	normiden
partitive	normed	normid
essive-instructive	normen	normin
translative	normeks	normikš
inessive	normes	normiš
elative	normespäi	normišpäi
illative	normehe	normihe
adessive	normel	normil
ablative	normelpäi	normilpäi
allative	normele	normile
abessive	normeta	normita
comitative	normenke	normidenke
prolative	normedme	normidme
approximative I	normenno	normidenno
approximative II	normennoks	normidennoks
egressive	normennopäi	normidennopäi
terminative I	normehesai	normihesai
terminative II	normelesai	normilesai
terminative III	normessai	—
additive I	normehepäi	normihepäi
additive II	normelepäi	normilepäi