normality

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Etymology

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From normal +‎ -ity, perhaps modelled on French normalité.[1]

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Noun

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normality (countable and uncountable, plural normalities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being normal or usual; normalcy.
    Jessie was going to wear pants to school, but her brother persuaded her to wear shorts to preserve normality.
  2. (chemistry) The concentration of a solution expressed in gram equivalent weights of solute per litre of solution.
  3. (countable, mathematics, statistics) A measure of how well an observed distribution approximates a normal distribution.

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References

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  1. ^ normality, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.