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      normal
      noun
      (countable, uncountable) The usual state.
      (medicine, countable) A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
      (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
      (geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
      adjective
      Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
      According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
      (mathematics) Adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context:
      (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution, random variable, etc.) Which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution.
      (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
      (organic chemistry) 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.
      (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (a normal mode).
      (rail transport, of points) In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
      (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or tangent plane of a surface.
      (topology, of a topology or topological space) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
      (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) Which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
      (algebra, of a subgroup) With cosets which form a group.
      (linear algebra, of a matrix) Which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
      (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) Which commutes with its adjoint.
      (category theory, of a morphism) Which is the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively.
      (category theory, of a category) Which contains only normal morphisms.
      (commutative algebra, of a domain) Integrally closed: equal its own integral closure in its field of fractions.
      (commutative algebra, of a ring) Such that all of its localizations at prime ideals are integrally closed domains.
      (algebraic geometry, of a variety or scheme) Such that the local ring at every point is an integrally closed domain.
      (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) Which is pre-compact.
      (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
      (number theory, of a real number) In whose representation in a given base b ≥ 2, for every positive integer n, the bⁿ possible strings of n digits follow a uniform distribution.
      (education, of a school) Teaching teachers how to teach; teaching teachers the norms of education.
      (fandom slang, sarcastic, with “about”) Fervently interested in a subject; obsessed.
      Roots
      normanorm- · Latin · rule, standard
      Synonyms for normal
      usualadjordinaryadjregularadjnormntypicaladjcustomaryadjstandardadjaverageadjwontedadjtypalcommonplaceadjroutineadjunexceptionaladjunremarkableadjeverydayadjhabitualadj
      Words related to normal
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