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Norm

Norm Meaning & Definition
Norm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Norm?

[n] a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"
[n] a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical; "the current middle-class norm of two children per family"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Norm: average

Related Terms | Find terms related to Norm: average | axiology | balance | barometer | behavioral norm | benchmark | business ethics | canon | center | check | climate | climate of opinion | code | code of ethics | code of morals | commandment | convention | criterion | decalogue | degree | dictum | ethic | ethical system | ethics | ethos | form | formality | formula | formulary | gauge | general principle | generality | golden mean | golden rule | graduated scale | guideline | guiding principle | happy medium | ideology | imperative | intellectual climate | juste-milieu | law | law of nature | legal ethics | maxim | mean | measure | median | medical ethics | mediocrity | medium | middle | middle course | middle ground | middle point | middle position | middle state | middle-of-the-road | midpoint | mitzvah | model | moral | moral climate | moral code | moral principles | morals | mores | new morality | norma | normal | normative system | norms | order of nature | ordinance | par | parameter | pattern | prescribed form | prescription | principium | principle | principles | Procrustean law | professional ethics | quantity | reading | readout | regulation | rubric | rule | run | scale | set form | settled principle | social ethics | spiritual climate | standard | standards | standing order | Ten Commandments | tenet | test | touchstone | type | universal law | usual | value | value system | via media | Weltanschauung | working principle | working rule | world view | yardstick | Zeitgeist

See Also | age norm | criterion | mean | mean value | measure | median | median value | modal value | mode | standard | statistic | touchstone

Norm In Webster's Dictionary

\Norm\, n. [L. norma a rule. See {Normal}, a.] 1. A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type. 2. (Biol.) A typical, structural unit; a type. --Agassiz.

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