normal
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• adjective
Conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.
"Train services have now returned to their normal schedule after the severe weather delay."
Free from physical or mental disorder; functioning in a healthy, natural way.
"The patient's blood pressure and heart rate remained normal throughout the surgical procedure."
Intersecting at a right angle; perpendicular to a given line, surface, or curve (in geometry and physics).
"In mechanics, the normal force acts perpendicular to the surface upon which an object rests."
• noun
The usual, average, or typical state, level, or condition.
"Rainfall across the region was well above normal for the month of April."
A line or vector that is perpendicular to a given curve or surface at the point of intersection (in geometry and physics).
"When a light ray strikes a mirror, the angle of incidence is measured relative to the normal."
• Rhymes for normal
Word Origin & Etymology
From Late Latin normalis ('made according to a carpenter's square; conforming to a rule'), derived from Classical Latin norma ('carpenter's square, rule, pattern, or standard').