English noun: norm | |||
| 1. | norm a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical | ||
| Samples | The current middle-class norm of two children per family. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | criterion, measure, standard, touchstone | ||
| 2. | norm (cognition) a statistic describing the location of a distribution | ||
| Samples | It set the norm for American homes. | ||
| Synonyms | average | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | statistic | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | age norm, mean, mean value, median, median value, modal value, mode | ||
| Domain category | statistics | ||