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norm (iou)



norm noun & verb. E19.
[Anglicized from NORMA. Now infl. by NORMAL.]
A. noun.
A standard, a type; what is expected or regarded as normal; customary behaviour, appearance, etc. Freq. the norm. E19.
E. B. Pusey Every expression of his..became a norm for the party. C. S. Lewis In her days some kind and degree of religious belief and practice were the norm. M. Argyle When group members deviate from the norms, various kinds of persuasion..are exerted in order to make them conform.
a. Math. The product of a complex number and its conjugate, equal to the sum of the squares of its components; the positive square root of this quantity; an analogous quantity defined on a vector space over the real or complex field which represents a generalization of the concept of length or magnitude. M19.
b. A mean, an average. M20.
Petrography. A hypothetical mineral composition of a rock calculated by assigning the compounds present to certain relatively simple minerals in accordance with prescribed rules. E20.
Esp. in a Communist country, a prescribed standard unit of work, production, etc. M20.
Survey Real prosperity, to be experienced by the people and not measured by the overfulfilment of fictitious norms.
b. verb trans. Math.
= NORMALIZE verb 4. rare. M20.
Define a norm on (a space). M20.