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   norm

   /nôrm/

   noun

   • 1. something that is usual, typical, or standard: "this system has been the norm in Germany for decades" Similar standardusualnormaltypicalaveragethe rulepredictableunexceptionalpar for the coursewhat one would expectexpected(only) to be expectedOpposite the exception
   • ▪ a standard or pattern, especially of social behavior, that is typical or expected of a group: "the norms of good behavior in the Civil Service" Similar conventionstandardcriterionmeasuregaugeyardstickbenchmarkpoint of referencetouchstonebarometerlitmus testbasisscaleruleformulapatternguideguidelinemodelexemplartype
   • ▪ a required standard; a level to be complied with or reached: "the 7% pay norm had been breached again"
   • 2. the product of a complex number and its conjugate, equal to the sum of the squares of its real and imaginary components, or the positive square root of this sum.
   • ▪ an analogous quantity used to represent the magnitude of a vector.

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Latin norma ‘precept, rule, carpenter's square’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • N

     1

   • O

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   • R

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   • M

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