Definition of Normal

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Normal

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.

According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.

Standard; original; exact; typical.

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.

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.

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-.

Any perpendicular.

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.

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Normal Quotations

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
Mark Twain

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?
John Lennon

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.
Bill Cosby

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Walt Disney

I remixed a remix, it was back to normal.
Mitch Hedberg

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
Oscar Wilde

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.
Sigmund Freud

The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.
P. J. O'Rourke

You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal.
Johnny Depp

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.
Charlie Chaplin

Normal Translations

normal in Afrikaans is normaal
normal in Dutch is normaal, standaard-
normal in French is normal
normal in German is normal
normal in Italian is normale
normal in Spanish is normal
normal in Swedish is normal

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