Norm Definition
nôrm
norms
noun
norms
A pattern that is regarded as typical of something.
A neighborhood where families with two wage-earners are the norm.
American Heritage
A standard, model, or pattern for a group.
Webster's New World
A standard or expectation that is established for a given enterprise or effort.
Journalistic norms.
American Heritage
An average.
American Heritage
The magnitude of a vector.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
To adjust (statistical results) so as to compensate for inequalities or differences in performance, as on a standardized test.
Webster's New World
To establish or judge in reference to a norm.
Normed the test on the basis of last year's results.
American Heritage
To define a norm on (a space).
American Heritage
(analysis) To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.
Wiktionary
abbreviation
Norman.
American Heritage
pronoun
A diminutive of the male given name Norman.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Norm
Noun
Singular:
norm
Plural:
normsOrigin of Norm
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French norme from Old French from Latin norma carpenter's square, norm gnō- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept").
From Wiktionary
Back-formation from normed.
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