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norm¹

  • /nɔːm/ UK
  • /noɹm/ Canada, US
  • /noːm/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)m

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.

Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō

Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor.

Etruscanbor.?

Latin normabor.

English norm

From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma.

noun norms

  1. That which is normal or typical. Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country.
  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.
  3. A required level of achievement.
  4. A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
  5. if v ne 0 then ‖v‖ ne 0;
  6. given a scalar k, ‖kv‖=|k|·‖v‖, where |k| is the absolute value of k;
  7. given two vectors v,w, ‖v+w‖<‖v‖+‖w‖ (the triangle inequality).
  8. Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc.
  9. An element of the image of some (generalized) norm, the element then said to be from the norm in question, or from the structure which gave rise to the norm. A quaternion algebra (a,b) over ksplits if and only if b is a norm from the field extension k(#92;sqrt#123;a#125;)#47;k, i.e. if and only if there is some x in k(#92;sqrt#123;a#125;) which has field norm exactly equal to b.
  10. A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

norm²

  • /nɔːm/ UK
  • /noɹm/ Canada, US
  • /noːm/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)m

Where it comes from

Back-formation from normed.

verb norms · norming · normed

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

Norm³

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Norman.

NORM⁴

noun NORMs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of naturally occurring radioactive materials.naturally occurring radioactive materials Radon in homes is one occurrence of NORM which may give rise to concern and action to control it, by ventilation.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of nonmobile older rural male, the target conservative informant for documenting dialects and regional accents.nonmobile older rural male

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