normality

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɔːˈmæl.ɪ.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nɔɹˈmæl.ə.ti/, [nɔɹˈmæl.ə.ɾi]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /noːˈmæl.ə.ti/
• Rhymes: -ælɪti

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.

• (state of being normal): normalcy (US); see also Thesaurus:normality

• abnormality

• creeping normality
• normality bias

• molarity
• molality