normal
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- adjective
- /ˈnɔrməl/
- Specialized
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normal
- In this geometry lesson, we learned that the angle formed between the normal line and the surface is always 90 degrees.
- normal stress
- normal distribution
- normal force
Examples
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So we need a vector that is normal to our plane.
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This would be the normal line at that point.
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The area has a normal vector to it.
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The car still carried the garbage smell, and she drove faster than normal, hoping to air it out.
Fiction book (1998) -
As you can see, life has returned to normal at Herrington High... after the mysterious disappearance of several faculty members... one month ago.
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Mehli's arrhythmia seems to revert to normal as quickly as it began.
Fiction book (2001) -
The manhole flaps back up into a normal, seemingly untouched position.
Fiction book (1992) -
The temporal lobe and frontal lobe are coming around, they're both normal.
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The engineer explained how to draw a line that is normal to the surface at that point.
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To accurately reflect light, a mirror must create a normal angle with the incoming rays.
Synonyms
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At right angles to each other like two crossing lines
Antonyms
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- Specialized
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A sloping break in the Earth's crust where the upper side moves down past the lower side
- Specialized
A bell-shaped line that shows most numbers near the middle and fewer far from it
- Archaic
A person much shorter than average from a gene change, with usual body shape, thinking, and sexual growth
- Specialized
A disease that damages the optic nerve and causes vision loss even with normal eye pressure
How Direct
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Normal comes from the Latin norma, originally a 'tool for making right angles' or a 'square', so in geometry a line that is normal is at a right angle and means 'perpendicular' to a surface.