norm

Meanings

Noun

• That which is normal or typical.
• A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
• A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission or prohibition.
• A function, generally denoted $v\backslash mapsto\backslash left|v\backslash right|$ or $v\backslash mapsto\backslash left\backslash |v\backslash right\backslash |$, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
• A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

Verb

• To endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• absolute value, , trivial absolute value

Origin

• From French norme, from Old French, from Latin norma ("a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept").