norm
a standard, model, or pattern.
general level or average: Two cars per family is the norm in most suburban communities.
a behavior pattern or trait considered typical of a particular social group:The patients regained the norms of everyday life after their hospitalization.
Sociology. a pattern or standard of behavior expected of each member of a social group: In many countries, cultural norms result in women bearing primary responsibility for childcare.
Education.
a designated standard of average performance of people of a given age, background, etc.
a standard based on the past average performance of a given individual.
Mathematics.
a real-valued, nonnegative function whose domain is a vector space, with properties such that the function of a vector is zero only when the vector is zero, the function of a scalar times a vector is equal to the absolute value of the scalar times the function of the vector, and the function of the sum of two vectors is less than or equal to the sum of the functional values of each vector. The norm of a real number is its absolute value.
the greatest difference between two successive points of a given partition.
Origin of norm
1Other words from norm
- norm·less, adjective
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Norman.
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In the process, the government hoped, it would nudge them to adopt new norms for data protection by themselves.
Inside China’s unexpected quest to protect data privacy | Tate Ryan-Mosley | August 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewFree cancellation policies are likely to become the norm as the industry looks to assure customers.
Google Search adds flight, hotel search features around COVID-19 | Barry Schwartz | August 13, 2020 | Search Engine LandThe first three are problematic in terms of democratic norms and values because Republicans seem to be intentionally making it harder for people to vote.
Five Ways Trump And GOP Officials Are Undermining The Election Process | Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 11, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe companies for their part will argue that they’re each in fiercely competitive markets, merely complying with industry norms and aren’t abusing their size or market power to dominate or undermine competitors.
Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook set to preview antitrust defenses before Congress | Greg Sterling | July 28, 2020 | Search Engine LandI thought I would just have to accept that as the workplace norm and find a way to cope.
10 questions I wish I’d asked prior employers before accepting a job | Alexandra Dobkin | July 27, 2020 | Quartz
That fantasy, however, is still heavily regimented by all sorts of norms.
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist | Judnick Mayard | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOr you may not have many—or any—friends, recasting your social exclusion as brave defiance of social norms.
“I had started to become disillusioned with the norms of how people put together social structures,” recalls Miller.
DJ Spooky Wants You To Question Everything You Know About Music, Technology, and Philosophy | Oliver Jones | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It is a crime that goes against all human values and norms,” he continued.
Abu Dhabi Treats U.S. Teacher’s Murder as Terrorist Attack | Chris Allbritton | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn his present trajectory, Putin shows no signs that he will conform to international legal and moral norms.
Of these norms, those governing marriage relations were of first importance.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtBut this could hardly have been due to the existence of firmly established norms of custom.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtThe norms for girls appear in the second horizontal column, the norms for boys in the column at the bottom.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry PyleGrace was more daring than any of the others, and kept the Norms and Miss Mackin busy shouting warnings to her.
The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong | Lillian GarisWe thus see that there are presented in such norms two aspects of a very different nature.
An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy | W. Tudor Jones
British Dictionary definitions for norm (1 of 4)
/ (nɔːm) /
an average level of achievement or performance, as of a group or person
a standard of achievement or behaviour that is required, desired, or designated as normal
sociol an established standard of behaviour shared by members of a social group to which each member is expected to conform
maths
the length of a vector expressed as the square root of the sum of the square of its components
another name for mode (def. 6)
geology the theoretical standard mineral composition of an igneous rock
Origin of norm
1British Dictionary definitions for Norm (2 of 4)
/ (nɔːm) /
a stereotype of the unathletic Australian male
Origin of Norm
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British Dictionary definitions for Norm. (4 of 4)
Norman
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