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Antonyms for
norm
That which is normal or typical.
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All Definitions for Norm

Below are all the dictionary definitions of norm:

1That which is normal or typical.
2A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
3A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
4A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
5A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the length of a vector. Formally, a real-valued function on a vector space, generally denoted v↦|v| or v↦‖v‖, that satisfies the following properties:
6If v ne 0 then ‖v‖ ne 0
7Given a scalar k, ‖kv‖=|k|·‖v‖, where |k| is the absolute value of k
8Given two vectors v,w, ‖v+w‖<‖v‖+‖w‖ (the triangle inequality).
9Any of several generalizations of the above: a field norm, ideal norm, etc.
10An element of the image of some (generalized) norm, the element then said to be from the norm in question, or from the structure which gave rise to the norm.
11To endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm.
12A diminutive of the male given name Norman.
13Initialism of nonmobile older rural male.
14Initialism of naturally occurring radioactive materials.

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About antonyms for norm

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