normed
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- 1Changed so the numbers fit a shared scale, which lets you compare different results fairly.
Like changing everyone's test scores to one scale, so a high number means the same thing for everyone.
The teacher used normed scores to compare students from different schools.
These reading results are normed, so we can match them against the national average.
Similarstandardized, calibrated
Oppositeraw
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- 2Describing a math space that comes with a built-in way to measure the size of each thing in it.
Like having a ruler built into the space, so you can measure how long anything in it is.
In a normed space, every element has a size you can measure.
Mathematicians often work in a normed space because sizes can be compared there.
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Origin
It comes from the word "norm" plus the ending "-ed".