antinormal

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Antagonistic to or causing deviations from that which is considered normal.

   • Thus, all red-cell eluates containing complement components, always revealed the presence of both antinormal and antinull activity.
2. 2

   In the opposite direction or position from what is normal or canonical.

   • The piling may, however, be either the normal piling of Prof. Reynolds, or the antinormal piling described by Prof. Everett, or a combination of the two.
   • In the machine having antinormal rotation the engine will be running in the opposite direction, taking the left-hand propeller for the tractor and the right-hand for the pusher.
   • It is found that normally ordered power series exist and converge quite generally, but that for the case of antinormal ordering the required c-number coefficients are infinite for important classes of operators.
3. 3

   Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or tangent plane of a surface but pointing opposite…

   Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or tangent plane of a surface but pointing opposite to convention.

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   1. 4

      A normal that points opposite to convention. For example, in solid geometry it is…

      A normal that points opposite to convention. For example, in solid geometry it is conventional for normals to point outwards, so an antinormal in solid geometry refers to a normal pointing inwards.

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