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Normal

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Noun

1. convention, formula, normal, pattern, rule

something regarded as a normative example

Example Sentences:
'the convention of not naming the main character'
'violence is the rule not the exception'
'his formula for impressing visitors'

Adjective

2. normal

conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal

Example Sentences:
'serve wine at normal room temperature'
'normal diplomatic relations'
'normal working hours'
'normal word order'
'normal curiosity'
'the normal course of events'

3. normal

in accordance with scientific laws

4. normal

being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development

Example Sentences:
'a perfectly normal child'
'of normal intelligence'
'the most normal person I've ever met'

5. normal

forming a right angle

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Normal

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adjective
1. 
usual; regular; common; typical
the normal way of doing it
the normal level
2. 
constituting a standard
if we take this as normal
3. psychology
a. 
being within certain limits of intelligence, educational success or ability, etc
b. 
conforming to the conventions of one's group
4. biology, medicine
(of laboratory animals) maintained in a natural state for purposes of comparison with animals treated with drugs, etc
5. chemistry
(of a solution) containing a number of grams equal to the equivalent weight of the solute in each litre of solvent
. Symbol: N
6. chemistry
denoting a straight-chain hydrocarbon: a normal alkane. Prefix: n-, e.g. n-octane
7. geometry another word for perpendicular (sense 1)
noun
8. 
the usual, average, or typical state, degree, form, etc
9. 
anything that is normal
10. geometry
a line or plane perpendicular to another line or plane or to the tangent of a curved line or plane at the point of contact

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Normal

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adjective
1. 
conforming with or constituting an accepted standard, model, or pattern; esp., corresponding to the median or average of a large group in type, appearance, achievement, function, development, etc.; natural; usual; standard; regular
2.  Biology
occurring naturally
normal immunity
3.  Chemistry
a. 
designating or of a salt formed by replacing all the replaceable hydrogen of an acid with a metal or metals
b. 
designating or of a solution which contains an amount of the dissolved substance chemically equivalent to one gram atom of hydrogen per liter of solution
c. 
designating or of a fatty hydrocarbon, the chain of which is continuous rather than branched, in which no carbon atom is united directly to more than two others
4.  Ancient Mathematics
perpendicular; at right angles
5.  Medicine and Psychology
a. 
free from disease, disorder, or malformation; specif., average in intelligence or development
b. 
mentally sound
noun
6. 
anything normal
7. 
the usual state, amount, degree, etc.; esp., the median or average
8.  Ancient Mathematics
a perpendicular; esp., a perpendicular to a line tangent to a curve, at its point of tangency

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Normal

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A town of central Illinois near Bloomington. It is the seat of Illinois State University, founded as a normal school in 1857.
adj.
1. Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical: normal room temperature; one's normal weight; normal diplomatic relations.
2. Biology Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies.
3. Chemistry
a. Relating to or designating the normality of a solution.
b. Abbr. n Designating an aliphatic hydrocarbon having an acyclic unbranched chain of carbon atoms.
4. Mathematics
a. Being at right angles; perpendicular.
b. Perpendicular to the direction of a tangent line to a curve or a tangent plane to a surface.
5.
a. Relating to or characterized by average intelligence or development.
b. Free from mental illness; sane.
n.
1. The usual, expected, or standard state, form, amount, or degree: Temperatures have been above normal for this time of year.
2. Mathematics A perpendicular, especially a perpendicular to a line tangent to a plane curve or to a plane tangent to a space curve.

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