Normal
English
Adjective
Normal (comparative more Normal, superlative most Normal)
- According to norms or rules.
- Organize the data into third normal form.
- Usual; ordinary
- Felicia baked the bread the normal way.
- Healthy; not sick or ill
- John is feeling normal again.
- Pertaining to a school to teach teachers how to teach.
- My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School.
- (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; See normal mode
- (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent line or derivative of a surface in Euclidean space.
- The interior normal vector of a ideal perfect sphere will always point toward the center, and the exterior normal vector directly away, and both will always be co-linear with the ray whose' tip ends at the point of intersection, which is the intersection of all three sets of points.
- (algebra) (Of a subgroup) whose cosets form a group
- (algebra) (Of a field extension of a field K) which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K
- (probability theory, statistics) (Of a distribution) which has a very specific bell curve shape
- (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
- (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 an epimorphism) which is the cokernel of some morphism
- (category theory) (Of a monomorphism) which is the kernel of some morphism
- (category theory) (Of a morphism) which is a normal epimorphism or a normal monomorphism
- (category theory) (Of a category) in which every monomorphism is normal
- (Of a real number) whose digits, in any base representation, enjoy a uniform distribution
- (topology) (Of a topology) in which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods
- (rail transport, of points) in the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
Synonyms
- (usual): conventional, ordinary, standard, usual
- (healthy): hale, healthy, well
- (perpendicular): at right angles to, perpendicular, orthogonal
- (statistics): Gaussian
Antonyms
- (usual): unconventional, nonstandard, unusual
- (healthy): ill, poorly (British), sick, unwell
- (perpendicular): tangential
- (rail transport): reverse
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Noun
Normal (plural Normals)- (geometry) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
- (slang) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
Adverbs for Normal
fairly; wholly; scarcely; altogether; comfortably; admirably; wholesomely; comfortingly; practically; finally; happily; fortunately; luckily; allegedly; avowedly; delightfully; apparently; manifestly
Thesaurus
academe, academia, accepted, according to Hoyle, air line, all there, alma mater, appropriate, arranged, average, axis, azimuth circle, balance, balanced, banal, beeline, besetting, bourgeois, businesslike, center, central, characteristic, chord, clearheaded, clearminded, college, college of engineering, common, commonplace, community college, compos mentis, condign, conformable, conformist, consuetudinary, conventional, correct, current, customary, decent, decorous, degree-granting institution, diagonal, diameter, direct line, directrix, distinctive, distinguishing, dominant, due, edge, epidemic, established, everyday, exemplary, familiar, fit, fitting, formal, four-year college, garden, garden-variety, general, generality, generally accepted, golden mean, good, graduate school, great-circle course, habitual, happy medium, harmonious, healthy, healthy-minded, in hand, institute of technology, intermediary, intermediate, ivied halls, journalism school, junior college, juste-milieu, kosher, law school, lucid, mean, medial, median, medical school, mediocre, mediocrity, medium, mentally sound, methodical, middle, middle course, middle ground, middle point, middle position, middle state, middle-class, middle-of-the-road, middling, midpoint, moderate, multiversity, natural, naturalistic, naturistic, nice, no great shakes, norm, normal school, normative, obtaining, of sound mind, ordered, orderly, ordinary, orthodiagonal, orthodox, orthogonal, orthometric, pandemic, par, perpendicular, plastic, plumb, popular, postgraduate school, predominant, predominating, prescribed, prescriptive, prevailing, prevalent, proper, quintessential, radius, radius vector, rampant, rational, realistic, reasonable, received, rectangular, regnant, regular, regulation, reigning, rife, right, right and proper, right angle, right line, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, righteous, rightful, routine, rule, ruling, run, run-of-mine, run-of-the-mill, running, sample, sane, sane-minded, school of communications, school of education, secant, seemly, segment, sensible, set, shortcut, side, sound, sound-minded, stable, standard, steady, stereotyped, stock, straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straightaway, streamline, suburban, suitable, symmetrical, systematic, tangent, time-honored, together, traditional, transversal, true to form, true to type, two-year college, typal, typic, typical, unexceptional, uniform, universal, university, university college, unnoteworthy, unremarkable, unspectacular, upright, usual, varsity, vector, vertical, vertical circle, via media, well-ordered, well-regulated, wholesome, widespread, wonted
Etymology
From Latin normalis.
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- Warning: normal, when used to describe a majority group of people, can be considered offensive to those who don't consider membership of their own minority to be unusual. Care should be taken when juxtaposing normal, particularly with stereotypical labels, to avoid undue insult.
Noun
French
Adjective
Normal m. (f. Normale, m. plural normaux, f. plural Normales)
- normal (according to norms, usual, pertaining to a school to teach teachers how to teach)
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German
Adjective
Normal (comparative normaler, superlative am normalsten)Derived terms
Portuguese
Adjective
Normal (plural normais)
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Romanian
Adjective
Normal
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Normal
Spanish
Adjective
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- (normal): anormal, raro -a, poco común
- (perpn.): oblicuo or paralelo
Noun
Normal
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Swedish
Adjective
Normal (comparative Normalare, superlative Normalast)
Declension
| Inflections of Normal |
Absolute | Comparative | Superlative | ||
| Attributive | Predicative | ||||
| Indefinite singular |
Common | Normal | Normalare | Normalast | |
| Neuter | Normalt | ||||
| Definite singular |
Masc. | Normale | Normalaste | ||
| All | Normala | Normalaste | |||
| Plural | Normala | Normalaste | |||
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Noun
Normal c.
- a normal, a line which is perpendicular to another line or to a surface
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| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | Normal | Normalen | Normaler | Normalerna |
| genitive | Normals | Normalens | Normalers | Normalernas |
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