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norma — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • code noun Instructions written in a programming language that a computer can run.
  • norm noun What is considered typical, standard, or expected.
  • prescription noun A doctor's written authorization for a patient to receive a particular medicine or treatment.
  • provision noun A supply of something needed for the future, especially food.
  • standard adj Usual, regular, or typical; falling within an accepted, expected range.

Senses

norma is used for these senses in English:

  • code Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
  • prescription (legal) Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this.
  • provision (law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • semi-norm (analysis) A function denoted ∥v∥ that maps a vector v to a non-negative value such that ∥cv∥ = |c|.∥v∥, where c is a scalar, and ∥v + w∥ ≤ ∥v∥ + ∥w∥ (the triangle inequality); the condition that ∥v∥ = 0 implies that v = 0 is not required, but when it holds, the semi-norm is a norm.
  • standard Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.

code — full definition

  1. noun Instructions written in a programming language that a computer can run.
  2. noun A system of symbols or signals used to represent information secretly or compactly.
  3. noun A formal set of laws, rules, or principles governing a subject or group.
  4. verb To write instructions for a computer program.

norm — full definition

  1. noun What is considered typical, standard, or expected.
  2. noun An unwritten rule of behavior enforced by a community or society.
  3. noun In mathematics, a function that measures the size or length of a vector.

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