norm Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
    • the current middle-class norm of two children per family
  2. noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
    average.
    • it set the norm for American homes

WordNet

Norm noun
Etymology
L. norma a rule. See Normal, a.
Definitions
  1. A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.
  2. (Biol.) A typical, structural unit; a type. Agassiz.

Webster 1913