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normal

adj
/ˈnɔː.məl/UK/ˈnoɹ.məl/CA/ˈnɔ.məl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal From Latin normālis (“made according to a carpenter's square; later: according to a rule”), from nōrma (“carpenter's square”), of uncertain origin; doublet of normale. The earliest meaning of the word in English was "perpendicular; forming a right angle" like something normālis (“made according to a carpenter's square”), but by Late Latin normālis had also come to mean "according to a rule", from which modern English senses of the word derive: in the 1800s, as people began to quantitatively study things like height, weight and blood pressure, the usual or most common values came to be called "normal", and by extension values regarded as healthy or desirable came to be called "normal" regardless of their usuality.

  1. derived from normālis

Definitions

  1. According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.

    • Organize the data into third normal form.
    • 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring. Prescription drugs, they help me through the day And that restraining order keeps me well at bay And what's normal now, anyway?

  2. Usual, healthy

    Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.

    • John is feeling normal again.

  3. Teaching teachers how to teach

    Teaching teachers how to teach; teaching teachers the norms of education.

    • My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School; my grandfather attended Illinois State Normal University.
    • PURPOSE AND SCOPE[:] The State Normal College prepares teachers for the public schools of Montana. It accomplishes its work through professional courses, directed observation of expert teaching, and […]
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre…

      Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.

    2. Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound…

      Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.

    3. In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (a normal mode).

    4. In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.

    5. Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or tangent plane of a surface.

    6. A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.

    7. A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.

      • Subjects were grouped as Group 1 and Group 2 according to VAI, and normals, overweights and obeses according to BMI.

    8. A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live…

      A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.

    9. The usual state.

      • I was quite ill for a while, but latterly seem to have returned to normal.
      • His workload is now back to normal.
      • Heavy workload is the new normal.

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Derived

abnormal, algebraic normal form, antinormal, Backus normal form, binormal, Boyce-Codd normal form, canonical conjunctive normal form, canonical disjunctive normal form, centinormal, clausal normal form, conjunctive normal form, conormal, Covid normal, decanormal, decinormal, denormal, disjunctive normal form, Earth-normal, equinormal, extranormal, fifth normal form, first normal form, fourth normal form, have a normal one, heteronormal, hypernormal, hyponormal, immunonormal, lognormal, log-normal distribution, malnormal, millinormal, multinormal, new normal, nonnormal, normal basis, normalcy, normal depth, normaldom, normal extension · +64 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at normal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at normal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at normal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA