example vs norm

example

noun
  • Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule. 

  • Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example). 

  • Something that is representative of all such things in a group. 

  • A person punished as a warning to others. 

  • A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model. 

  • An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule. 

verb
  • To be illustrated or exemplified (by). 

norm

noun
  • A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community. 

  • if v ne 0 then |v| ne 0; 

  • That which is normal or typical. 

  • A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title. 

  • A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition. 

  • given a scalar k, |kv|=|k|·|v|, where |k| is the absolute value of k; 

  • given two vectors v,w, |v+w|<|v|+|w| (the triangle inequality). 

verb
  • To endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm. 

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