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In academic disciplines
Normativity
, phenomenon of designating things as good or bad
Norm (geology)
, an estimate of the idealised mineral content of a rock
Norm (philosophy)
, a standard in normative ethics that is prescriptive rather than a descriptive or explanatory abstraction
Social norm
, shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups
Basic norm
, a jurisprudence concept by Kelsen
Peremptory norm
, a fundamental principle of international law
Norm (artificial intelligence)
, a set of statements used to regulate artificial intelligence software
Norm, a statistical concept in
psychometrics
representing the aggregate responses of a standardized and representative group
NORM,
naturally occurring radioactive materials
NORM (non-mobile older rural males), an acronym in
dialect studies
coined by Chambers and Trudgill (1980) for a group to which speakers frequently refer
In mathematics
Norm (mathematics)
, a map that assigns a length or size to a mathematical object, including:
Vector norm
, a map that assigns a length or size to any vector in a vector space
Matrix norm
, a map that assigns a length or size to a matrix
Operator norm
, a map that assigns a length or size to any operator in a function space
Norm (abelian group)
, a map that assigns a length or size to any element of an abelian group
Field norm
a map in algebraic number theory and Galois theory that generalizes the usual distance norm
Ideal norm
, the ideal-theoretic generalization of the field norm
Norm (group)
, a certain subgroup of a group
Norm map, a map from a pointset into the ordinals inducing a
prewellordering
Norm group
, a group in class field theory that is the image of the multiplicative group of a field
Norm function, a term in the study of
Euclidean domains
, sometimes used in place of "Euclidean function"
Norm (descriptive set theory)
, a map from a set into the ordinals
People
Norm (given name)
Norm Macdonald
, a Canadian stand-up comedian
Arts and entertainment
Norm Peterson
, a character in the sitcom
Cheers
and its spin-off
Frasier
Norm, a recurring
character in
Phineas and Ferb
The Norm
(comic strip)
, syndicated by Michael Jantze
The Norm
(radio), a former CBC radio show
The Norm, a character in the 1989 film
Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds
Norm, the main character in the
Norm of the North
films
Norm (album)
, a 2023 album by Andy Shauf
Other uses
National Organization of Russian Muslims
, a religious organization based in Russia
Norm (chess)
, a chess result required to qualify for an official title
NORM
(NACK-Oriented Reliable Multicast), a
transport protocol
Norm, a character from the Australian government physical fitness program and advertising campaign "
Life. Be in it.
"
Norms Restaurants
, a chain of restaurants in Southern California
See also
The Norm Show
, a television series featuring Norm Macdonald
Norman (disambiguation)
Normal (disambiguation)
Norma (disambiguation)
Technical standard