different between norm vs institutionalisation

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n??m/
• (US) enPR: nôrm, IPA: /n??m/
• Rhymes: -??(r)m

Etymology 1

From French norme, from Old French, from Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”).

Noun

norm (plural norms)

1. That which is normal or typical.
2. A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
3. (philosophy, computer science) A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
5. (mathematics) A function, generally denoted ${\displaystyle v\mapsto \left|v\right|}$ or ${\displaystyle v\mapsto \left\|v\right\|}$, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
   1. if ${\displaystyle v\neq 0}$ then ${\displaystyle \left\|v\right\|\neq 0}$;
   2. given a scalar ${\displaystyle k}$, ${\displaystyle \left\|kv\right\|=\left|k\right|\cdot \left\|v\right\|}$, where ${\displaystyle \left|k\right|}$ is the absolute value of ${\displaystyle k}$;
   3. given two vectors ${\displaystyle v,w}$, ${\displaystyle \left\|v+w\right\|\leq \left\|v\right\|+\left\|w\right\|}$ (the triangle inequality).
6. (chess) A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

Hyponyms

• (mathematics): absolute value, p-adic absolute value, trivial absolute value

Derived terms

Related terms

• abnormity
• abnormous
• normal
• normated
• normatic
• normative
• normo-

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from normed.

Verb

norm (third-person singular simple present norms, present participle norming, simple past and past participle normed)

1. (mathematical analysis) To endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm.

Derived terms

• norming

Translations

See also

• normalize, normalise

Further reading

• norm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• norm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• morn

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French norme, ultimately from Latin n?rma. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?rm/
• Hyphenation: norm
• Rhymes: -?rm

Noun

norm f (plural normen, diminutive normpje n)

1. A norm, standard.

Derived terms

• bedrijfsnorm
• begrotingsnorm
• Maastrichtnorm
• normbesef
• normloos
• normtaal
• schrijfnorm
• taalnorm

Related terms

• normaal
• normatief
• normeren

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin norma

Noun

norm m (definite singular normen, indefinite plural normer, definite plural normene)

1. norm (that which is normal)

Derived terms

• normere

References

• “norm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin norma

Noun

norm f (definite singular norma, indefinite plural normer, definite plural normene)

1. A norm (that which is normal).

Derived terms

• normera/normere
• normering

References

• “norm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

norm c

1. norm (that which is normal)
2. norm (in analysis)

Declension

Related terms

• normal
• normera
• normalisera

Anagrams

• morn

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish nurmi.

Noun

norm

1. A clearing (among trees).

English

Alternative forms

• institutionalization

Etymology

From institutionalise +? -ation

Noun

institutionalisation (countable and uncountable, plural institutionalisations)

1. (British spelling) the process of embedding something within an organisation or society as an established custom or norm.