fifth normal form

noun

fifth normal form

noun

Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in fourth normal form and every join dependency is implied by the candidate keys.

Related terms: first normal form, second normal form, third normal form, Boyce-Codd normal form, fourth normal form

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