norm

Meaning

1. That which is normal or typical.
2. A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
3. A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
4. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties:
5. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties:
6. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties:
7. Any of several generalizations of the above: a matrix norm, operator norm, etc.
8. A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

standard of measurement

performance specification

index mark

index arm

reference date

amount of limitation

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɔːm/

From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma.

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