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norm
has definitions from the fields of mathematics,statistics
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[ noun ] a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
Examples : "the current middle-class norm of two children per family" Used in print (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)The Onset Profile and Completion Profile are constructed to serve as norms for children . To summarize the purpose of the Skeletal Maturity Chart : each contains two kinds of skeletal maturity norms which show two quite different methods of depicting developmental level of growth centers . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)Some investigators have found a parallelism between remissions and return of the sympathetic reactivity of the hypothalamus to the normal level as indicated by the Mecholyl_test and , conversely , between clinical impairment and increasing deviation of this test from the norm . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics,statistics) a statistic describing the location of a distribution
Synonyms Examples : "it set the norm for American homes" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)Religion provides the most attractive rewards , either in this world or the next , for those who not merely abide_by its norms , but who engage in good works . |
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