normality
nounUK /nɔːˈmæl.ɪ.ti/ · US /nɔɹˈmæl.ə.ti/
Etymology From normal + -ity, perhaps modelled on French normalité.
1
The state of being normal or usual; normalcy.
- Jessie was going to wear pants to school, but her brother persuaded her to wear shorts to preserve normality.
2
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The concentration of a solution expressed in gram equivalent weights of solute per litre of solution.
3
Mathematics, Sciences, Statistics A measure of how well an observed distribution approximates a normal distribution.
- Synonyms
- normalcy, everydayness, mundanity, normaldom, normalhood, normalism, normality, normalness, ordinariness, plainness, sameishness, unremarkableness, usuality, usualness
- Antonyms
- abnormality, strangeness
- Derived terms
- conormality, creeping normality, heteronormality, hyponormality, malnormality, multinormality, nonnormality, normality bias, orthonormality, pseudonormality, seminormality
- Hypernyms
- uniformity
- Hyponyms
- conformity, commonness, frequency, oftenness, regularity, routine