Definition of normals in English

Wiktionary

normals (Noun)
Plural of normal.

Part of speech

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normals, noun, plural of normal.

WordNet

Adjective normal, normaller, normallest
normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
		abnormal, unnatural much greater than the normal; "abnormal profits"; "abnormal ambition"
		sane mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"
		standard commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment"
		normalcy, normality conformity with the norm
		average, mean lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
		median, average relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
		modal, average relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
		natural being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent"
		regular in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime"
normal - being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development; "a perfectly normal child"; "of normal intelligence"; "the most normal person I've ever met"
		psychological science, psychology the science of mental life
normal - forming a right angle
		perpendicular extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
normal - in accordance with scientific laws

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Wiktionary

normal (Noun)
A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
normal (Noun)
A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyle s.
normal (Adjective)
According to norms or rules.
normal (Adjective)
Usual; ordinary.
normal (Adjective)
Healthy; not sick or ill.
normal (Adjective)
Pertaining to a school to teach teachers how to teach.
normal (Adjective)
Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
normal (Adjective)
Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
normal (Adjective)
Of a mode in an oscillating system In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency; See normal mode .
normal (Adjective)
Perpendicular to a tangent line or derivative of a surface in Euclidean space.
normal (Adjective)
Of a subgroup whose cosets form a group.
normal (Adjective)
Of a field extension of a field K which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
normal (Adjective)
Of a distribution which has a very specific bell curve shape.
normal (Adjective)
Of a family of continuous functions which is pre-compact.
normal (Adjective)
Of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
normal (Adjective)
Of a matrix which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
normal (Adjective)
Of a Hilbert space operator which commutes with its adjoint.
normal (Adjective)
Of an epimorphism which is the cokernel of some morphism.
normal (Adjective)
Of a monomorphism which is the kernel of some morphism.
normal (Adjective)
Of a morphism which is a normal epimorphism or a normal monomorphism.
normal (Adjective)
Of a category in which every monomorphism is normal.
normal (Adjective)
Of a real number whose digits, in any base representation, enjoy a uniform distribution.
normal (Adjective)
Of a topology in which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
normal (Adjective)
In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

normal (a.)
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.
normal (a.)
According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.
normal (a.)
Standard; original; exact; typical.
normal (a.)
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.
normal (a.)
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.
normal (a.)
Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. Iso-.
normal (a.)
Any perpendicular.
normal (a.)
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.