Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or fact of being normal; normalcy.
- noun Chemistry The concentration of a solution expressed as the number of gram equivalent weights of solute per liter of solution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or state of being normal, or in accord with a rule or standard.
- noun In geometry, the property of being normal; normalcy.
- noun In chem. anal., the quality of being normal or of normal strength: said of a solution.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Conformity with the norm; the state of being normal; the normal condition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state of being
normal orusual ;normalcy . - noun chemistry The
concentration of asolution expressed ingram equivalent weights ofsolute perlitre ofsolution . - noun countable, mathematics, statistics A
measure of how well an observeddistribution approximates anormal distribution .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun conformity with the norm
- noun (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter
- noun being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
- noun expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common
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Examples
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For example, one could determine the normality of the sodium hydroxide (NaOH), but the normality of sodium hydroxide itself has no meaning. now consider that the term normality is obsolete.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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For example, one could determine the normality of the sodium hydroxide (NaOH), but the normality of sodium hydroxide itself has no meaning. now consider that the term normality is obsolete.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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For example, one could determine the normality of the sodium hydroxide (NaOH), but the normality of sodium hydroxide itself has no meaning. now consider that the term normality is obsolete.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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But given Germany's and Europe's past, normality is not only boring, but also reassuring.
Those Reassuringly Dull Germans Josef Joffe 2010
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Instead of madness, scandal, loneliness or addiction, his long life from all outward appearances has been characterized by a normality that is freakish by the standards of his peers.
A Great Living Poet's Rare Art of Reticence Richard B. Woodward 2011
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Check out this weaselly use of the passive: “Though both words are in common use, normality is considered preferable to normalcy.”
Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar 2009
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By writing in excruciatingly tedious detail about tax accountancy—he took classes in the subject as part of his preparation—Wallace hoped to dull himself into the state that those fortunate enough to know it call normality.
A Cure for Head-Exploding Brilliance James Campbell 2011
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This relief of renewed normality is delicious -- thanks to Miss West.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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Check out this weaselly use of the passive: “Though both words are in common use, normality is considered preferable to normalcy.”
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It perfectly illustrates some of the things I was saying about him - how in some of his storie, something really bizarre happens, and them normality is resumed.
Steamie commented on the word normality
Normal Reality. Life lived as though you never injured your brain. Most of you are actually living in Normality. And won't even realize Normality, unless you almost die.
February 25, 2015