Hypertext Webster Gateway: "norm"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Norm \Norm\, n. [L. norma a rule. See {Normal}, a.]
1. A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.
2. (Biol.) A typical, structural unit; a type. --Agassiz.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
norm
n 1: a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical: "the
current middle-class norm of two children per family"
2: a statistic describing the location of a distribution: "it
set the norm for American homes" [syn: {average}]
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