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Norma — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • norm noun What is considered typical, standard, or expected.
  • Norma noun A carpenter's or mason's square, used for checking and marking right angles.
  • rule noun An official regulation or guideline that governs behaviour or a process.
  • square noun A four-sided shape with equal sides and right angles.
  • standard adj Usual, regular, or typical; falling within an accepted, expected range.

Senses

Norma is used for these senses in English:

  • Norma (constellation) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.
  • carpenter's square A tool used to measure out right angles.
  • norm That which is normal or typical.
  • rule A regulation, law, guideline.
  • square An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
  • standard A level of quality or attainment.

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.

Norma — full definition

  1. noun A carpenter's or mason's square, used for checking and marking right angles.
  2. noun A standard, rule, or model that something is measured against (used in specialist or technical writing).

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