normality

[ nawr-mal-i-tee ]

/ nɔrˈmæl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural nor·mal·i·ties

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.

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.

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.

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Origin of normality

First recorded in 1830–40; normal + -ity

Words nearby normality

normal distribution, normal distribution curve, normal divisor, normal equivalent deviate, normal fault, normality, normalization, normalize, normalizer, normally, normal magnification

How to use normality in a sentence

In the worst shot, which we captured above, the display looks darker than normal over top of the camera area.
Xiaomi’s “third-generation” under-display camera looks nearly invisible|Ron Amadeo|August 28, 2020|Ars Technica
Respectable Business Roundtable types, purpose be damned, act as if this were normal and say nothing.
President Trump’s one-man rules for TikTok|Adam Lashinsky|August 28, 2020|Fortune
To test so quickly in humans, the company would need to get an exemption from the normal multi-year regulatory process from the Food and Drug Administration.
Elon Musk’s brain company plans a big reveal on Friday. Here’s what we already know|Verne Kopytoff|August 27, 2020|Fortune
Stress responses can return to normal during puberty, Gunnar and others have shown.
Puberty may reboot the brain and behaviors|Esther Landhuis|August 27, 2020|Science News For Students

The eggs, shipped from the biotech company Oxitec based in Abingdon, England, will grow into normal-looking males.
Genetically modified mosquitoes have been OK’d for a first U.S. test flight|Susan Milius|August 22, 2020|Science News
Normality, domesticity, ease, in the blazing Arizona desert.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It is a brief text with philosophical leanings that revolves around the notions of normality and abnormality in human nature.
Living Black & Gay in the ’50s|Alain Mabanckou|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And any semblance of normality that had previously existed seemed to have evaporated.
How WWI Produced the Holocaust|J.P. O’Malley|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The only gauge of normality that young people have is their observation of each other.
Kids Don’t Know How Overweight They Really Are|Russell Saunders|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The people of Donetsk are clinging to normality, trying to enjoy the spring, but their anger, disillusionment and fear runs deep.
Putin Has Predicted Civil War in Ukraine. So Do Many of Its People|Anna Nemtsova|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"But we've not," Guy contradicted, mustering desperately all the forces of normality to allay Pauline's over-strained ideas.
Plashers Mead|Compton Mackenzie
Everyone sees one or two things in his life that make him doubt his normality, doubt sanity, doubt his very existence.
Warm|Robert Sheckley
Nothing can save him but a blind hunger for normality, like that of a beast.
Orthodoxy|G. K. Chesterton
When normality again prevailed, the fare was advanced to fifty dollars for first-class passage and forty dollars for second-class.
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913|Harris Newmark
It made a dramatic curtain over the object of our visit and emphasized the normality and untouchedness of Avalon behind us.
Greener Than You Think|Ward Moore