normality
Americannoun
plural
normalities-
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.
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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.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of normality
First recorded in 1830–40; normal ( def. ) + -ity ( def. )
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A handful of people clung to an idea of normality, saying they were crossing into Turkey for vacations planned before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Goldie told BBC Scotland News people were being "cautious" but there was still "normality" with roads busy and malls and hotels open.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
He said he didn't want "normality" as he reimagined modern-day aristocrats for his second men's collection, adding that his designs included some "angst and a kind of wrongness, engulfing wrong taste".
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
It was quiet, almost defiant in its normality.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026
They could sit back and let normality manifest itself.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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