normal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
normal (comparative more normal, superlative most normal)
- According to norms or rules.
- Organize the data into third normal form.
- Healthy; not sick or ill.
- John is feeling normal again.
- (Of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms).
- My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School.
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
- (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
- (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (see normal mode).
- (rail transport, of points) in the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
- (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent line or derivative of a surface in Euclidean space.
- The interior normal vector of a ideal perfect sphere will always point toward the center, and the exterior normal vector directly away, and both will always be co-linear with the ray whose' tip ends at the point of intersection, which is the intersection of all three sets of points.
- (mathematics) Adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context:
- (of a real number) Whose digits, in any base representation, enjoy a uniform distribution.
- (algebra, of a subgroup) With cosets which form a group.
- (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) Which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
- (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution) Which has a very specific bell curve shape.
- (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) Which is pre-compact.
- (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
- (linear algebra, of a matrix) Which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
- (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) Which commutes with its adjoint.
- (category theory) Being (as a morphism) or containing (as a category) only normal epimorphism(s) or monomorphism(s), that is, those which are the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively.
- (topology, of a topology) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
Synonyms[edit]
- (usual): conventional, ordinary, standard, usual, regular, average, expected, natural
- (healthy): hale, healthy, well
- (perpendicular): at right angles to, perpendicular, orthogonal
- (statistics): Gaussian
Antonyms[edit]
- (usual): unconventional, nonstandard, unusual
- (healthy): ill, poorly (British), sick, unwell
- (perpendicular): tangential
- (rail transport): reverse
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Usage notes[edit]
- Warning: normal, when used to describe a majority group of people, can be considered offensive to those who don't consider membership of their own minority to be unusual. Care should be taken when juxtaposing normal, particularly with stereotypical labels, to avoid undue insult.
Noun[edit]
normal (countable and uncountable, plural normals)
- (geometry) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
- (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
- (uncountable) The usual state.
- His workload is now back to normal.
- Heavy workload is the new normal.
Synonyms[edit]
- (normal person): see Wikisaurus:mainstreamer
Translations[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
normal m, f (masculine and feminine plural normals)
Antonyms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
normal m (feminine singular normale, masculine plural normaux, feminine plural normales)
- normal (according to norms, usual, pertaining to a school to teach teachers how to teach)
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
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External links[edit]
- “normal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
normal (comparative normaler, superlative am normalsten)
Derived terms[edit]
Declension[edit]
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist normal | sie ist normal | es ist normal | sie sind normal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | normaler | normale | normales | normale |
genitive | normalen | normaler | normalen | normaler | |
dative | normalem | normaler | normalem | normalen | |
accusative | normalen | normale | normales | normale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der normale | die normale | das normale | die normalen |
genitive | des normalen | der normalen | des normalen | der normalen | |
dative | dem normalen | der normalen | dem normalen | den normalen | |
accusative | den normalen | die normale | das normale | die normalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein normaler | eine normale | ein normales | (keine) normalen |
genitive | eines normalen | einer normalen | eines normalen | (keiner) normalen | |
dative | einem normalen | einer normalen | einem normalen | (keinen) normalen | |
accusative | einen normalen | eine normale | ein normales | (keine) normalen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist normaler | sie ist normaler | es ist normaler | sie sind normaler | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | normalerer | normalere | normaleres | normalere |
genitive | normaleren | normalerer | normaleren | normalerer | |
dative | normalerem | normalerer | normalerem | normaleren | |
accusative | normaleren | normalere | normaleres | normalere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der normalere | die normalere | das normalere | die normaleren |
genitive | des normaleren | der normaleren | des normaleren | der normaleren | |
dative | dem normaleren | der normaleren | dem normaleren | den normaleren | |
accusative | den normaleren | die normalere | das normalere | die normaleren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein normalerer | eine normalere | ein normaleres | (keine) normaleren |
genitive | eines normaleren | einer normaleren | eines normaleren | (keiner) normaleren | |
dative | einem normaleren | einer normaleren | einem normaleren | (keinen) normaleren | |
accusative | einen normaleren | eine normalere | ein normaleres | (keine) normaleren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am normalsten | sie ist am normalsten | es ist am normalsten | sie sind am normalsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | normalster | normalste | normalstes | normalste |
genitive | normalsten | normalster | normalsten | normalster | |
dative | normalstem | normalster | normalstem | normalsten | |
accusative | normalsten | normalste | normalstes | normalste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der normalste | die normalste | das normalste | die normalsten |
genitive | des normalsten | der normalsten | des normalsten | der normalsten | |
dative | dem normalsten | der normalsten | dem normalsten | den normalsten | |
accusative | den normalsten | die normalste | das normalste | die normalsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein normalster | eine normalste | ein normalstes | (keine) normalsten |
genitive | eines normalsten | einer normalsten | eines normalsten | (keiner) normalsten | |
dative | einem normalsten | einer normalsten | einem normalsten | (keinen) normalsten | |
accusative | einen normalsten | eine normalste | ein normalstes | (keine) normalsten |
External links[edit]
- normal in Duden online
Ladin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
normal m (feminine singular normala, masculine plural normai, feminine plural normales)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
normal (neuter singular normalt, definite singular and plural normale)
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “normal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
normal (neuter singular normalt, definite singular and plural normale)
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “normal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
normal m, f (plural normais, comparable)
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French normal, Latin normālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
normal m, n (feminine singular normală, masculine plural normali, feminine and neuter plural normale)
Adverb[edit]
normal
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
normal m, f (plural normales)
- normal, standard, regular
- (geometry) perpendicular
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (normal): anormal, raro, poco común
- (perpn.): oblicuo, paralelo
Noun[edit]
normal f (plural normales)
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
normal (comparative normalare, superlative normalast)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of normal | |||
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Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | normal | normalare | normalast |
Neuter singular | normalt | normalare | normalast |
Plural | normala | normalare | normalast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | normale | normalare | normalaste |
All | normala | normalare | normalaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. |
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Noun[edit]
normal c
- a normal, a line which is perpendicular to another line or to a surface
Declension[edit]
Inflection of normal | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | normal | normalen | normaler | normalerna |
Genitive | normals | normalens | normalers | normalernas |
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