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Adjective: normal  nor-mul
  1. Being usual, typical or standard; not abnormal
    "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
     
  2. (geometry) forming a right angle
     
  3. In accordance with scientific laws
     
  4. (psychology) being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development
    "a perfectly normal child"; "of normal intelligence"; "the most normal person I've ever met"
     
  5. (statistics and physics) having a normal distribution
    - Gaussian
Noun: normal  nor-mul
  1. Something regarded as a normative example
    - convention, pattern, rule, formula
     
  2. (geometry) a line or vector that is perpendicular to line or surface

Derived forms: normals

See also: average, mean, median, modal, natural, normalcy [N. Amer], normality, perpendicular, regular, sane, standard, typical

Type of: practice

Antonym: abnormal, paranormal, unnatural

Encyclopedia: Normal, IL