norms

Noun

norm (plural norms)

1. That which is normal or typical.
   • Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country.
2. A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
   • Not eating your children is just one of those societal norms.
3. A required level of achievement.
4. A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
5. if v ne 0 then ‖v‖ ne 0;
6. given a scalar k, ‖kv‖=|k|·‖v‖, where |k| is the absolute value of k;

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