normal

Adjective
  1. Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm;
    Not abnormal (synset 301598231)
    "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
    also:
    • sane - mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
    • standard - conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
    tells us about: normalcy, normality - being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
    similar to:
    • average, mean - approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
    • average, median - relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
    • average, modal - relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
    • natural - functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
    • regular - not deviating from what is normal
    • typical - conforming to a type
  2. In accordance with scientific laws (synset 301604027)
  3. Being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development (synset 301602901)
    "a perfectly normal child"; "of normal intelligence"; "the most normal person I've ever met"
    referred to in: psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
  4. Forming a right angle (synset 301724784)
    referred to in: geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
    similar to: perpendicular - intersecting at or forming right angles
Noun
  1. Something regarded as a normative example (synset 105675457)
    "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
    is a type of: practice - knowledge of how something is usually done
    subtypes:
    • mores - (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
    • code of behavior, code of conduct - a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group
    • universal - a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings
    same as: convention, formula, pattern, rule

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