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Norm



Norm may mean:
*Norm (sociology)
*Norm (philosophy)
*Normative
*The diminutive of the proper name, "Norman"

In mathematics:
*Norm (mathematics), a map which assigns a length to vectors
**Normed vector space
**Matrix norm
*Field norm in algebraic number theory and Galois theory
*Reduced norm in algebra over a field theory
*The nonnegative integer function in the definition of Euclidean domain
*The product of conjugate elements of an algebraic element
*In descriptive set theory, a map from a set into the ordinals (see prewellordering)
*A statistical concept in psychometrics

Norm may also be:
* Norm MacDonald (b. 1963), comedian and star of the 1999-2001 sitcom The Norm Show (a.k.a. Norm)
*Norm Abram, carpenter in the television show This Old House
*Norm Peterson, a character in the sitcom Cheers and its spin-off Norm
*Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
*Norm, a character from the video game Crash Nitro Kart
*Norm the Genie, a villain in The Fairly OddParents
Norm, a character from the Life. Be in it. campaign.

Norms may refer to Norms Restaurants, a chain of restaurants in Southern California.

See also

*Normal
*Norma
*Surface normal



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