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normally Definition


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normal
adj
    1. Usual; typical; not extraordinary.
      Thesaurus: usual, ordinary, conventional, typical, accustomed, average, common, habitual, mainstream, regular, routine, standard, run-of-the-mill, par for the course; Antonym: irregular, odd, peculiar.
    2. Mentally or physically sound.
      Example: a normal baby
    3. geom.
      Perpendicular.
      Form: normal to something
    4. chem.
      Said of a solution: a standard measurement of concentration, being a solution containing one equivalent weight of a dissolved substance per litre, eg 1N, 2N, etc.
    5. chem.
      Said of hydrocarbon molecules: containing a single unbranched chain of carbon atoms.
      Example: n-butane
      Example: n-propane
      Form: n-
noun
    1. What is average or usual.
    2. geom.
      A perpendicular line or plane.
Derivative: normally
    In an ordinary or natural way.
    Usually.
      Thesaurus: usually, commonly, frequently, regularly, ordinarily, typically, habitually, as a rule.
Etymology: 15c: from Latin normalis regulated by a carpenter's square, from norma carpenter's square.



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