so a friend and were having a conversation about being normal. like what is normal? so we looked it up in the dictionary so for your entertainment heres the definition.normal -
Normal
normal /nrml/ Show Spelled[nawr-muhl] Show IPA
adjective
1.conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
2.serving to establish a standard.
3.Psychology.
a.approximately average in any psychological trait, as intelligence, personality, or emotional adjustment.
b.free from any mental disorder; sane.
4.Biology, Medicine/Medical.
a.free from any infection or other form of disease or malformation, or from experimental therapy or manipulation.
b.of natural occurrence.
5.Mathematics.
a.being at right angles, as a line; perpendicular.
b.of the nature of or pertaining to a mathematical normal.
c.(of an orthogonal system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the square of the absolute value of any functionis 1.
d.(of a topological space) having the property that corresponding to every pair of disjoint closed sets are two disjoint opensets, each containing one of the closed sets.
e.(of a subgroup) having the property that the same set of elements results when all the elements of the subgroup are operatedon consistently on the left and consistently on the right by any element of the group; invariant.
6.Chemistry.
a.(of a solution) containing one equivalent weight of the constituent in question in one liter of solution.
b.pertaining to an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a straight unbranched carbon chain, each carbon atom of which is joined to nomore than two other carbon atoms.
c.of or pertaining to a neutral salt in which any replaceable hydroxyl groups or hydrogen atoms have been replaced by othergroups or atoms, as sodium sulfate, Na2SO4.
noun
7.the average or mean: Production may fall below normal.
8.the standard or type.
9.Mathematics.
a.a perpendicular line or plane, esp. one perpendicular to a tangent line of a curve, or a tangent plane of a surface, at thepoint of contact.
b.the portion of this perpendicular line included between its point of contact with the curve and the x-axis.
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Origin:
152030; < L normlis made according to a carpenter's square, equiv. to norm(a) (see norm) + -lis -al1
Related forms
normality, normalness, noun
antinormal, adjective
antinormalness, noun
antinormality, noun
half-normal, adjective
half-normally, adverb
hypernormal, adjective
hypernormally, adverb
hypernormalness, noun
hypernormality, noun
nonnormal, adjective
nonnormally, adverb
nonnormalness, noun
nonnormality, noun,plural-ties.
overnormal, adjective
overnormally, adverb
overnormality, noun
quasi-normal, adjective
quasi-normally, adverb
seminormal, adjective
seminormally, adverb
seminormalness, noun
seminormality, noun
transnormal, adjective
transnormally, adverb
unnormal, adjective
unnormally, adverb
unnormalness, noun
Normal
Normal /nrml/ Show Spelled[nawr-muhl] Show IPA
noun
a city in central Illinois. 35,672.
normal (nr'ml)
adj.
Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical: normal room temperature; one's normal weight; normal diplomatic relations.
Biology Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies.
Abbr. n or N Chemistry
Designating a solution having one gram equivalent weight of solute per liter of solution.
Designating an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a straight and unbranched chain of carbon atoms.
Being at right angles; perpendicular.
Perpendicular to the direction of a tangent line to a curve or a tangent plane to a surface.
Relating to or characterized by average intelligence or development.
Free from mental illness; sane.
Mathematics
Being at right angles; perpendicular.
Perpendicular to the direction of a tangent line to a curve or a tangent plane to a surface.
Relating to or characterized by average intelligence or development.
Free from mental illness; sane.
Relating to or characterized by average intelligence or development.
Free from mental illness; sane.
n.
Something normal; the standard: scored close to the normal.
The usual or expected state, form, amount, or degree.
Correspondence to a norm.
An average.
Mathematics A perpendicular, especially a perpendicular to a line tangent to a plane curve or to a plane tangent to a space curve.
[Middle English, from Late Latin normlis, from Latin, made according to the square, from norma, carpenter's square; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]
nor'mally adv.
Normal (nr'ml)
A town of central Illinois north-northeast of Bloomington. It is the seat of Illinois State University (founded 1857). Population: 50,700.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History
normal
1650, "standing at a right angle," from L.L. normalis "in conformity with rule, normal," from L. normalis "made according to a carpenter's square," from norma "rule, pattern," lit. "carpenter's square" (see norm). Meaning "conformingt to common standards, usual" is from 1828. Normalcy is first attested 1857, originally as a mathematical term; normality is first attested 1849. Normal school (1834) is from Fr. cole normale (1794), a republican foundation.
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