# norming

Pronunciation: say "NORM-ing" US /ˈnɔɹmɪŋ/, UK /ˈnɔːmɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of norm. — present participle and gerund of norm
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of norm. Use this form for the action happening now or as the name of the action.
   - _Researchers are norming the questionnaire before its wider release._
   - _Norming the rating scale required data from thousands of participants._

## Noun

2. The process of equipping a vector space, or a similar structure, with a norm.
   - Simple: The act of giving a math space a fixed way to measure the length or size of its parts.
   - _The norming of the vector space allowed distances between its elements to be defined._
   - _Functional analysis often begins with the norming of an abstract space._

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