normality

[nawr-mal-i-tee]

noun

plural

normalities 

1. conformity to the standard, typical, or average level, rate, condition or set of conditions, characteristics, behavior, etc..

   Any assumption of a quick return to normality and business as usual is premature.

   Surprising as it may sound, simple changes to your bed and lifestyle could prove to be the difference between severe pain and normality.

2. Chemistry.,  the concentration of a solution relative to that of a normal solution, one that contains one equivalent weight of the solute per liter.

   Since gram equivalent weight is the measure of the reactive capacity of a molecule, the solute's role in the reaction determines the solution's normality.

3. Statistics.,  the fact or property of showing a frequency distribution representable by a normal curve, a symmetrical bell-shaped curve.

   To confirm the statistical validity of the model I ran a number of diagnostics, checking for observations of influences and for normality of the distribution.

Word History and Origins

Origin of normality¹

First recorded in 1830–40; normal ( def. ) + -ity ( def. )

Example Sentences

He's still the worst manager the club have ever had and the sooner he goes the sooner we get back to some form of normality.

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It found listening to music together helped to create a shared experience that brought them closer, creating a sense of normality and helping them relax.

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He explains that with e-bikes, the injuries they're seeing are much more severe, and as such, people are "struggling to get back to normality".

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"I don't think we have to accept that normality."

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It can also explain the deceptive normality of life when a society plunges into dictatorship.

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Related Words

• ordinariness www.thesaurus.com
• uniformity