- A standard, model, or pattern regarded as typical: the current middle-class norm of two children per family.
- Mathematics.
- A mode.
- An average.
- The length of a vector.
[French norme, from Old French, from Latin norma, carpenter's square, norm.]
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[French norme, from Old French, from Latin norma, carpenter's square, norm.]
| Business Dictionary: Norm |
1. Rule or standard considered to be acceptable behavior in a group or society.
2. In psychology, average standard of achievement on a test for a selected group.
| Thesaurus: norm |
noun
| Antonyms: norm |
Definition: average, standard
Antonyms: end, exception, extreme
| Dental Dictionary: norm |
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.
| Encyclopedia of Public Health: Norm |
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
| Political Dictionary: norm |
(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
| Philosophy Dictionary: norm |
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.
| Sports Science and Medicine: norm |
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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| Veterinary Dictionary: norm |
A fixed or ideal standard.
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Snow in July is not the norm.
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A designated standard of average performance of people of a given age, background, etc.
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| Translations: Norm |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - norm, rettesnor
Nederlands (Dutch)
norm, standaard, gemiddelde, geaccepteerd gedrag
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στερεότυπο, τύπος, (πρότυπος) κανόνας, προδιαγραφή, μέτρο, (επίσημο) πρότυπο, θέσμιο (κν. νόρμα)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - norma (f)
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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