norm
Pronunciation: /nɔːm/
The English word “norm” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- That which is normal or typical.
- A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
- A required level of achievement.
- A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
- if v ne 0 then ‖v‖ ne 0;
- given a scalar k, ‖kv‖=|k|·‖v‖, where |k| is the absolute value of k;
- given two vectors v,w, ‖v+w‖<‖v‖+‖w‖ (the triangle inequality).
- Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc.
- 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 high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
verb
Etymology
From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma.
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