a standard (an established measure of comparison) [n -S]
set standard of development or achievement usually derived from the average or median achievement of a large group
pattern or trait taken to be typical in the behavior of a social group
a standard regarded as typical for a specific group [n NORMS]
widespread or usual practice, procedure, or custom standing ovations became the norm
real-valued nonnegative function defined on a vector space with value analogous to length and satisfying the conditions that the function is zero if and only if the vector is zero, the function of the product of a scalar and a vector is equal to the product of the absolute value of the scalar and the function of the vector, and the function of the sum of two vectors is less than or equal to the sum of the functions of the two vectors
standard or model
an authoritative standard model
principle of right action binding upon the members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and acceptable behavior