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n. 1. an abnormal condition.
Syn. -- abnormality [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Abnormalities 1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something abnormal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an abnormal manner; irregularly. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Abnormities [ LL. abnormitas. See Abnormous. ] Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. “An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads.” Mrs. Whitney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. abnormis; ab + norma rule. See Normal. ] Abnormal; irregular. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the English and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the French (Norman) language used in medieval England.
Syn. -- Anglo-French [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. anormal. See Abnormal, Normal. ] Not according to rule; abnormal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. énorme. See Enormous. ] Enormous. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Enormities [ L. enormitas, fr. enormis enormous: cf. F. énormité. See Enormous. ] 1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The enormity of his learned acquisitions. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity. [ 1913 Webster ]

These clamorous enormities which are grown too big and strong for law or shame. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. enormis enormous, out of rule; e out + norma rule: cf. F. énorme. See Normal. ] 1. Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal. “Enormous bliss.” Milton. “This enormous state.” Shak. “The hoop's enormous size.” Jenyns. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime. [ 1913 Webster ]

That detestable profession of a life so enormous. Bale.

Syn. -- Huge; vast; immoderate; immense; excessive; prodigious; monstrous. -- Enormous, Immense, Excessive. We speak of a thing as enormous when it overpasses its ordinary law of existence or far exceeds its proper average or standard, and becomes -- so to speak -- abnormal in its magnitude, degree, etc.; as, a man of enormous strength; a deed of enormous wickedness. Immense expresses somewhat indefinitely an immeasurable quantity or extent. Excessive is applied to what is beyond a just measure or amount, and is always used in an evil; as, enormous size; an enormous crime; an immense expenditure; the expanse of ocean is immense. “Excessive levity and indulgence are ultimately excessive rigor.” V. Knox. “Complaisance becomes servitude when it is excessive.” La Rochefoucauld (Trans). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an enormous degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being enormous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. norma a rule. See Normal, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type; as, deviations from the norm are not tolerated. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Biol.) A typical, structural unit; a type. Agassiz. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] 1. A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A templet or gauge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. normalis, fr. norma rule, pattern, carpenter's square; prob. akin to noscere to know; cf. Gr. gnw`rimos well known, gnw`mwn gnomon, also, carpenter's square: cf. F. normal. See Known, and cf. Abnormal, Enormous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deviations from the normal type. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle; as, a line normal to the base. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) Standard; original; exact; typical. Specifically: (a) (Quantitative Analysis) Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight. (b) (Chem.) Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively S(OH)6, and N(OH)5. (c) (Organ. Chem.) Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is bound to more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. Iso-. [ 1913 Webster ]

Normal equations (Method of Least Squares), a set of equations of the first degree equal in number to the number of unknown quantities, and derived from the observations by a specified process. The solution of the normal equations gives the most probable values of the unknown quantities. --
Normal group (Geol.), a group of rocks taken as a standard. Lyell. --
Normal place (of a planet or comet) (Astron.), the apparent place in the heavens of a planet or comet at a specified time, the place having been determined by a considerable number of observations, extending perhaps over many days, and so combined that the accidental errors of observation have largely balanced each other. --
Normal school, a school whose methods of instruction are to serve as a model for imitation; an institution for the training of teachers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Normal, Regular, Ordinary. Regular and ordinary are popular terms of well-known signification; normal has now a more specific sense, arising out of its use in science. A thing is normal, or in its normal state, when strictly conformed to those principles of its constitution which mark its species or to the standard of a healthy and natural condition. It is abnormal when it departs from those principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. normale, ligne normale. See Normal, a. ] 1. (Geom.) Any perpendicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term normal is also used to denote the distance along the normal line from the curve to the axis of abscissas or to the center of curvature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality, state, or fact of being normal; the normal situation or condition; as, the point of normalcy. [ R. ]
Syn. -- normality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Conformity with the norm; the state of being normal; the normal condition.
Syn. -- normalcy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Reduction to a standard or normal state. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. To make normal; as, to normalize relations with China.
Syn. -- renormalize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. To make standard; determine the value by comparison to an item of known standard value; as, The test results were normalized for changes in the number of questions before comparison with the previous year's values.
Syn. -- standardize. [ PJC ]

3. To convert to a standard form or measure; adjust the value or values so as to conform to a standard measure or pattern; as, The probabilities were normalized to add up to 1.00. [ PJC ]

adv. In a normal manner. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. [ F. normand, of Scand. origin. See Northman, and cf. Norse. ] Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Norman style (Arch.), a style of architecture which arose in the tenth century, characterized by great massiveness, simplicity, and strength, with the use of the semicircular arch, heavy round columns, and a great variety of ornaments, among which the zigzag and spiral or cable-formed ornaments were prominent. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered England, under William the Conqueror. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. normand. ] (Naut.) A wooden bar, or iron pin. W. C. Russell. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A region of France divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie.
Syn. -- Normandie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. relating to or dealing with norms; as, normative discipline; normative samples. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Grammar) giving directives or rules; prescriptive. Opposed to descriptive.
Syn. -- prescriptive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. based on or prescribing a norm or standard; as, normative grammar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Med., Physiol.) Pertaining to or having normal blood pressure. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med., Physiol.) normal body temperature. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Of or pertaining to parapsychology; pertaining to forces or mental processes, such as extrasensory perception or psychokinesis, outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws; as, paranormal phenomena.
Syn. -- psychic, psychical, parapsycholological. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]