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| norm [ nawrm ] (plural norms) |
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1. standard pattern of behavior: a standard pattern of behavior that is considered normal in a society
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2. usual situation: the customary situation or circumstances
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3. achievement level: a required level of achievement
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4. psychology expected range of functioning: the range of functioning that can be expected of members of a population such as babies of nine months or ten-year-old children. Psychologists use it to determine whether people functioning outside the expected range may need specialist help or support.
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5. mathematics real-valued function: the magnitude of a vector expressed as the square root of the sum of the squares of the absolute values of the components of the vector
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6. mathematics
Same as mode (sense 6)
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| [Early 19th century. Latin norma "carpenter's square, rule"] |
