"NORM" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} NORM
  1. Initialism of naturally occurring radioactive materials. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: naturally occurring radioactive materials
    Sense id: en-NORM-en-noun-~~X080By Categories (other): Radioactivity
  2. (linguistics, countable) Initialism of nonmobile older rural male. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: nonmobile older rural male
    Sense id: en-NORM-en-noun-MspJZDU8 Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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