Norm

Norm, the Norm or NORM may refer to:

In academic disciplines

  • Normativity, phenomenon of designating things as good or bad
  • Norm (geology), an estimate of the idealised mineral content of a rock
  • Norm (philosophy), a standard in normative ethics that is prescriptive rather than a descriptive or explanatory abstraction
  • Social norm, shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups
  • Basic norm, a jurisprudence concept by Kelsen
  • Peremptory norm, a fundamental principle of international law
  • Norm (artificial intelligence), a set of statements used to regulate artificial intelligence software
  • Norm, a statistical concept in psychometrics representing the aggregate responses of a standardized and representative group
  • NORM, naturally occurring radioactive materials
  • NORM (non-mobile older rural males), an acronym in dialect studies coined by Chambers and Trudgill (1980) for a group to which speakers frequently refer

In mathematics

  • Norm (mathematics), a map that assigns a length or size to a mathematical object, including:
    • Vector norm, a map that assigns a length or size to any vector in a vector space
    • Matrix norm, a map that assigns a length or size to a matrix
    • Operator norm, a map that assigns a length or size to any operator in a function space
    • Norm (abelian group), a map that assigns a length or size to any element of an abelian group
  • Field norm a map in algebraic number theory and Galois theory that generalizes the usual distance norm
  • Ideal norm, the ideal-theoretic generalization of the field norm
  • Norm (group), a certain subgroup of a group
  • Norm map, a map from a pointset into the ordinals inducing a prewellordering
  • Norm group, a group in class field theory that is the image of the multiplicative group of a field
  • Norm function, a term in the study of Euclidean domains, sometimes used in place of "Euclidean function"
  • Norm (descriptive set theory), a map from a set into the ordinals

People

  • Norm (given name)
  • Norm Macdonald, a Canadian stand-up comedian

Arts and entertainment

  • Norm Peterson, a character in the sitcom Cheers and its spin-off Frasier
  • Norm, a recurring character in Phineas and Ferb
  • The Norm (comic strip), syndicated by Michael Jantze
  • The Norm (radio), a former CBC radio show
  • The Norm, a character in the 1989 film Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds
  • Norm, the main character in the Norm of the North films
  • Norm (album), a 2023 album by Andy Shauf

Other uses

  • National Organization of Russian Muslims, a religious organization based in Russia
  • Norm (chess), a chess result required to qualify for an official title
  • NORM (NACK-Oriented Reliable Multicast), a transport protocol
  • Norm, a character from the Australian government physical fitness program and advertising campaign "Life. Be in it."
  • Norms Restaurants, a chain of restaurants in Southern California

See also

  • The Norm Show, a television series featuring Norm Macdonald
  • Norman (disambiguation)
  • Normal (disambiguation)
  • Norma (disambiguation)
  • Technical standard