Norm

Norm, the Norm or NORM may refer to:

In academic disciplines

• Norm (geology), an estimate of the idealised mineral content of a rock
• Norm (philosophy), a standard in normative ethics that is prescriptive rather than a descriptive or explanatory abstraction
• Social norm, expected patterns of behavior and belief
• Basic norm, a jurisprudence concept by Kelsen
• Peremptory norm, a fundamental principle of international law
• Norm (artificial intelligence), a set of statements used to regulate artificial intelligence software
• Norm, a statistical concept in psychometrics representing the aggregate responses of a standardized and representative group
• NORM, naturally occurring radioactive materials
• NORM (non-mobile older rural males), an acronym in dialect studies coined by Chambers and Trudgill (1980) for a group to which speakers frequently refer

In mathematics

• Norm (mathematics), a map that assigns a length or size to a mathematical object, including:
  • Vector norm, a map that assigns a length or size to any vector in a vector space
  • Matrix norm, a map that assigns a length or size to a matrix
  • Operator norm, a map that assigns a length or size to any operator in a function space
  • Norm (abelian group), a map that assigns a length or size to any element of an abelian group
• Field norm a map in algebraic number theory and Galois theory that generalizes the usual distance norm
• Ideal norm, the ideal-theoretic generalization of the field norm
• Norm (group), a certain subgroup of a group
• Norm (map), a map from a pointset into the ordinals inducing a prewellordering
• Norm group, a group in class field theory that is the image of the multiplicative group of a field
• Norm function, a term in the study of Euclidean domains, sometimes used in place of "Euclidean function"

People

• Norm (given name)

Arts and entertainment

• Norm Peterson, a character in the sitcom Cheers and its spin-off Frasier
• Norm the giant robot man, a recurring creation of Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb
• The Norm (comic strip), syndicated by Michael Jantze
• The Norm (radio), a former CBC radio show
• The Norm, a character in the 1989 film Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds
• Norm, the main character in the Norm of the North films

Other uses

• Norm (chess), a chess result required to qualify for an official title
• NORM (NACK-Oriented Reliable Multicast), a transport protocol
• Norm, a character from the Australian government physical fitness program and advertising campaign "Life. Be in it."

See also

• The Norm Show, a television series featuring Norm Macdonald
• Norms Restaurants, a chain of restaurants in Southern California
• Norman (disambiguation)
• Normal (disambiguation)
• Norma (disambiguation)
• Technical standard