Norm

[nɔːm] or [nɔrm]

Definition

(noun.) a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical; 'the current middle-class norm of two children per family'.

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Definition

(a.) A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.

(a.) A typical, structural unit; a type.

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Definition

n. a rule: a pattern: an authoritative standard: a type or typical unit.—n. Nor′ma a rule model: a square for measuring right angles.—adj. Nor′mal according to rule: regular: exact: perpendicular.—n. a perpendicular.—ns. Normalisā′tion Normal′ity.—v.t. Nor′malise.—adv. Nor′mally.—adj. Nor′mative establishing a standard.—Normal school a training-college for teachers in the practice of their profession.

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