norm

(nôrm)

1. A standard, model, or pattern regarded as typical: the current middle-class norm of two children per family.
2. Mathematics.
   1. A mode.
   2. An average.
   3. The length of a vector.

[French norme, from Old French, from Latin norma, carpenter's square, norm.]

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1. A regular or customary matter, condition, or course of events: commonplace, ordinary, rule, usual. See usual/unusual.
2. Something, as a type, number, quantity, or degree, that represents a midpoint between extremes on a scale of valuation: average, mean³, median, medium, par. See usual/unusual.

Definition: average, standard
Antonyms: end, exception, extreme

The terms "norm" and "normal" generally refer to what is customary or usual, or sometimes to what is desirable. In a technical sense, "norm" applies to standards or criteria, and may be applied to either a measurable variable, such as height or weight, or to a way of behaving. In medicine and in public health, "normal" has several meanings: it can mean healthy, or in a more precise sense it may mean that the value of a variable such as temperature or blood pressure is within generally accepted limits applicable to healthy people. In statistics, a normal distribution is defined as a continuous frequency distribution of infinite range in which values are symmetrically distributed about a central mean.

(SEE ALSO: Assessment of Health Status; Health; Statistics for Public Health)

— JOHN M. LAST

(1) A standard which is statistically determined or is derived from a number of cases. The statistically normal means simply that which occurs most frequently. The confusing phrase normal distribution relates to this sense, not to sense 2, nor to the everyday meaning of ‘normal’.
(2) A standard embodying a judgement about what should be the case.



Hans Kelsen's theory of law portrayed it as a structure of such norms, containing statements about what ought to be done and what ought to be not done. Practical discourse about politics contains normative judgements which it is one of the purposes of political theory to examine. The two meanings may be confused with each other and with everyday usage, for example when normative weight is placed on behaving ‘normally’.

— Andrew Reeve

A norm is a rule for behaviour, or a definite pattern of behaviour, departure from which renders a person liable to some kind of censure. In this sense there are grammatical norms, and norms of etiquette, as well as moral norms. Indeed, almost all aspects of human behaviour will be to some extent norm-governed. The nature of norms, the source of their authority, and the form they should take, occupy centre-stage in any theory of ethics, philosophy of language, and of law, and they also play at least a major role in distinguishing the human sciences or Geisteswissenchaften from the natural sciences. See also rule-following.

1. The set point or reference point in a system that has its output maintained at a constant level. For example, the norm for body core temperature is approximately 37 °C. See also homeostasis.

2. An empirically established standard. Sometimes the norm refers to the normal or average value

3. A social rule, regulation, law, or informal agreement that prescribes and regulates behaviour in a particular situation; violations of norms are subject to sanctions. Many sports sociologists consider that harmonious social interactions within teams are dependent on these shared expectations and obligations. Compare values.

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A fixed or ideal standard.

1. a statistical unit representative of the human species as a whole. n 2. the numerical or statistical measures of the usual observed performance when related to health care provided to a given number of patients over time; often used in the building of profiles; can be the average or median or some other cutoff point in a series.

• Tools, Techniques, Principles, and Practitioners - norm: average performance or score on psychological test
• Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - norm: average, standard

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Norm or NORM may refer to:

Contents 1 In academia 1.1 In mathematics 2 People 3 Miscellaneous 4 See also

In academia

A designated standard of average performance of people of a given age, background, etc.

• Norm (artificial intelligence), a set of statements used to regulate artificial intelligence software
• Norm (philosophy), sentences within philosophy with practical implications
• Norm (social), expected patterns of behaviour and belief, often studied in sociology, social psychology, and a myriad of other academic fields.
• Peremptory norm, a fundamental principle of international law which is accepted by the international community of states as a norm from which no derogation is ever permitted
• Norm, a statistical concept in psychometrics representing the aggregate responses of a standardized and representative group are established for a test, against which a subject is compared
• NORM, an abbreviation for naturally occurring radioactive materials
• NORM, an acronym coined by Chambers and Trudgill (1980) to refer to a group speakers frequently used in dialect studies ("non-mobile older rural males")

In mathematics

• Norm (mathematics), a map that assigns lengths to vectors, with some variations:
  • Normed vector space
  • Matrix norm
• Surface normal, a vector which is perpendicular to a surface
• Field norm in algebraic number theory and Galois theory
• Norm of an ideal, the ideal theoretic generalization of the field norm
• Norm (group), a certain subgroup of a group
• Norm (abelian group), generalization of norm to abelian groups
• A map from a pointset into the ordinals, inducing a prewellordering
• In class field theory, a norm group is a group that is the image of the multiplicative group of a field.

People

• Norm Macdonald (b. 1963), a Canadian comedian
• Norm Abram, carpenter in the television show This Old House

Fictional

• Norm Peterson, a character in the sitcom Cheers and its spin-off Frasier
• Norm, a character from the Life. Be in it. campaign
• Norm the giant robot man from Phineas and Ferb

Miscellaneous

• The Norm Show, a television series featuring Norm Macdonald as the titular character
• Grandmaster norm, a chess result required to qualify for an official title
• Norms Restaurants, a chain of restaurants in Southern California

See also

• The Norm (disambiguation)
• Norman (disambiguation)
• Normal (disambiguation)
• Norma (disambiguation)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - norm, rettesnor

Nederlands (Dutch)
norm, standaard, gemiddelde, geaccepteerd gedrag

Français (French)
n. - norme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Norm

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στερεότυπο, τύπος, (πρότυπος) κανόνας, προδιαγραφή, μέτρο, (επίσημο) πρότυπο, θέσμιο (κν. νόρμα)

Italiano (Italian)
norma

Português (Portuguese)
n. - norma (f)

Русский (Russian)
норма

Español (Spanish)
n. - norma, modelo, pauta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rättesnöre, norm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
基准, 标准, 模范

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 基準, 標準, 模範

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 표준, 노르나(노동기준량)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 標準, 基準, 規範, 基準量, 基準仕事量

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نموذج, معيار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התנהגות מקובלת, תקן, מכסה, טיפוס, תבנית, נורמה‬

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