English

Proper noun

Norm

1. A diminutive of the male given name Norman

Anagrams

• morn

German

Pronunciation

Noun

Norm f ‎(genitive Norm, plural Normen)

1. norm (rule that is enforced by members of a community)
2. technical norm, such as DIN
3. minimally required performance at work or in sports
4. (mathematics) norm

English

Noun

norm ‎(plural norms)

1. (usually definite, the norm) That which is regarded as normal or typical.

   Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country.

   • 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian:

     "This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."

2. A rule that is enforced by members of a community.

   Not eating your children is just one of those societal norms.

3. (philosophy, computer science) A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
4. (mathematics) A function, generally denoted or , that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
   1. if then ;
   2. given a scalar , , where is the absolute value of ;
   3. given two vectors , (the triangle inequality).
5. (chess) A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

Hyponyms

• (mathematics): absolute value, p-adic absolute value, trivial absolute value

Derived terms

Related terms

• abnormity
• abnormous
• normal
• normated
• normatic
• normative
• normo-

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from normed.

Verb

norm ‎(third-person singular simple present norms, present participle norming, simple past and past participle normed)

1. (analysis) To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.

Derived terms

• norming

See also

• normalize, normalise

Anagrams

• morn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin norma

Noun

norm m ‎(definite singular normen, indefinite plural normer, definite plural normene)

1. norm (that which is normal)

References

• “norm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin norma

Noun

norm f ‎(definite singular norma, indefinite plural normer, definite plural normene)

1. norm (that which is normal)

Derived terms

• normera/normere
• normering

References

• “norm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

norm c

1. norm (that which is normal)
2. norm (in analysis)

Declension

See also

• normera
• normalisera