average, norm
(noun) a statistic describing the location of a distribution; “it set the norm for American homes”
norm
(noun) a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical; “the current middle-class norm of two children per family”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
norm (plural norms)
That which is normal or typical.
A rule that is enforced by members of a community.
(philosophy, computer science) A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
(mathematics) A function, generally denoted or , that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties
if then ;
given a scalar , , where is the absolute value of ;
given two vectors , (the triangle inequality).
(chess) A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
• (mathematics): absolute value, p-adic absolute value, trivial absolute value
norm (third-person singular simple present norms, present participle norming, simple past and past participle normed)
(analysis) To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.
• morn
Norm
A diminutive of the male given name Norman
• morn
NORM
Initialism of naturally occurring radioactive materials.
• morn
Source: Wiktionary
Norm, n. Etym: [L. norma a rule. See Normal, a.]
1. A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: A typical, structural unit; a type. Agassiz.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
