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As a noun, norm means that which is normal or typical. As a verb, it means endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm.
Meanings of norm
7 meaningsnoun
That which is normal or typical.
“Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country.”
A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
“Not eating your children is just one of those societal norms.”
philosophycomputer scienceA sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
chessA high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
“the current middle-class norm of two children per family”
A statistic describing the location of a distribution
“it set the norm for American homes”
Similar: average
verb
analysisTo endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).