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normal

The correct spelling is normal.

How to pronounce normal

/ˈnɔːməl/
noun

IPA: /ˈnɔːməl/

Say it like: Nor-mal

The correct spelling is normal. A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane. For example: "Heavy workload is the new normal."

Usage Examples

Heavy workload is the new normal.

Organize the data into third normal form.

John is feeling normal again.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
  2. 2.A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
  3. 3.The usual state.

adjective

  1. 1.According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
  2. 2.Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
  3. 3.(of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms)
  4. 4.Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
  5. 5.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.

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