Norm

Norm, the Norm or NORM may refer to:

In academic disciplines

 * Normativity, phenomenon of designating things as good or bad
 * Norm (geology), an estimate of the idealised mineral content of a rock
 * Norm (philosophy), a standard in normative ethics that is prescriptive rather than a descriptive or explanatory abstraction
 * Social norm, shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups
 * Basic norm, a jurisprudence concept by Kelsen
 * Peremptory norm, a fundamental principle of international law
 * Norm (artificial intelligence), a set of statements used to regulate artificial intelligence software
 * Norm, a statistical concept in psychometrics representing the aggregate responses of a standardized and representative group
 * NORM, naturally occurring radioactive materials
 * NORM (non-mobile older rural males), an acronym in dialect studies coined by Chambers and Trudgill (1980) for a group to which speakers frequently refer

In mathematics

 * Norm (mathematics), a map that assigns a length or size to a mathematical object, including:
 * Vector norm, a map that assigns a length or size to any vector in a vector space
 * Matrix norm, a map that assigns a length or size to a matrix
 * Operator norm, a map that assigns a length or size to any operator in a function space
 * Norm (abelian group), a map that assigns a length or size to any element of an abelian group
 * Field norm a map in algebraic number theory and Galois theory that generalizes the usual distance norm
 * Ideal norm, the ideal-theoretic generalization of the field norm
 * Norm (group), a certain subgroup of a group
 * Norm map, a map from a pointset into the ordinals inducing a prewellordering
 * Norm group, a group in class field theory that is the image of the multiplicative group of a field
 * Norm function, a term in the study of Euclidean domains, sometimes used in place of "Euclidean function"

People

 * Norm (given name)
 * Norm Macdonald, a Canadian stand-up comedian

Arts and entertainment

 * Norm Peterson, a character in the sitcom Cheers and its spin-off Frasier
 * Norm, a recurring character in Phineas and Ferb
 * The Norm (comic strip), syndicated by Michael Jantze
 * The Norm (radio), a former CBC radio show
 * The Norm, a character in the 1989 film Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds
 * Norm, the main character in the Norm of the North films
 * Norm (album), a 2023 album by Andy Shauf

Other uses

 * National Organization of Russian Muslims, a religious organization based in Russia
 * Norm (chess), a chess result required to qualify for an official title
 * NORM (NACK-Oriented Reliable Multicast), a transport protocol
 * Norm, a character from the Australian government physical fitness program and advertising campaign "Life. Be in it."
 * Norms Restaurants, a chain of restaurants in Southern California