normality

American  

[nawr-mal-i-tee] / nɔrˈmæl ɪ ti /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of normality

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

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Example Sentences

“But this surface normality sits uneasily atop a much more strained underlying environment. The disconnect between relatively calm economic and financial conditions on the one hand, and heightened geopolitical tensions on the other, is striking.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"We watch houses falling, this is normality for us," he said.

From Barron's

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

He seems unable to tolerate normality and shows little faith in quiet progress—set a good policy in place, tend to it as it settles.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said he didn't want "normality" in his reimagined aristocrats, adding that his designs included some "angst and a kind of wrongness, engulfing wrong taste".

From Barron's

Related Words

• ordinariness
• uniformity