norm

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, male) .
  2. Noun.  (Australia) A lazy, inactive man.
  3. Noun.  (usually, definite) That which is regarded as normal or typical.
  4. Noun.  A rule that is enforced by members of a community.
  5. Noun.  (philosophy, computer science) A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission(,) or prohibition.
  6. Noun.  (mathematics) A function, generally denoted vmapstoleft|v ight| or vmapstoleft|v ight|, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:.
  7. Verb.  (analysis) To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.

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