normal form

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normal form

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Any of various forms of a relational database providing criteria for determining a table's degree of vulnerability to logical inconsistencies and anomalies.
A matrix that represents the possible outcomes of a game
A standard, canonical way of presenting an object.
A method of naming a chord by the most compact ordering of pitches.

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@misc{normal_form_2026,
  title = {normal form},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/normal%20form},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}