Norm
The word norm coming from the latin word norma which means "angle measure" or (lawlike) "rule", has a number of meanings:
- A social or sociological norm; see norm (sociology).
- For philosophy, semantics and law, see norm (philosophy), which is a sentence or a meaning unit.
- A statistical concept in psychometrics.
- In mathematics, a norm can be
- A map which assigns a length to vectors, see norm (mathematics), normed vector space. See also matrix norm.
- The nonnegative integer function in the definition of Euclidean domain;
- The product of conjugate elements of an algebraic element;
- The field norm in algebraic number theory and Galois theory.
- The reduced norm in the theory of algebras.
- If you are looking for behavior norms on Wikipedia, try Wikipedia:wikiquette or http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiSocialNorms
- The name "Norm", short for Norma.
- See related meanings in normal.
Other meanings, not related to norma, include:
- NORM - Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material.
- The name "Norm", short for Norman.
- Norm Peterson is a character in the sitcom Cheers, and a spin-off, Norm.
- "Norm" was the World War II United States Navy codename for the Japanese Kawanishi E15K floatplane.