"normal form" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: normal forms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} normal form (plural normal forms)
  1. (databases) Any of various forms of a relational database providing criteria for determining a table's degree of vulnerability to logical inconsistencies and anomalies. Derived forms: Backus normal form, Boyce-Codd normal form, Chomsky Normal Form, fifth normal form, first normal form, fourth normal form, normal form game, second normal form, third normal form Translations (databases: form of a relational database): normaalimuoto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-normal_form-en-noun-8h5hzHTn Categories (other): Databases, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Music Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 23 18 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 13 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 20 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 20 16 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 57 17 13 13 Disambiguation of Music: 35 12 27 27 Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'databases: form of a relational database': 73 11 8 8
  2. (game theory) A matrix that represents the possible outcomes of a game Translations (game theory: matrix of possible outcomes): normaalimuoto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-normal_form-en-noun-abOdw0H8 Categories (other): Game theory Topics: computing, engineering, game-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'game theory: matrix of possible outcomes': 10 76 7 7
  3. (mathematics) A standard, canonical way of presenting an object.
    Sense id: en-normal_form-en-noun-SJvYH1Lx Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (mathematics) A standard, canonical way of presenting an object.
    (musical set theory) A method of naming a chord by the most compact ordering of pitches.
    Sense id: en-normal_form-en-noun-EkhLXMIn Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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