normals
Standard reference points
Normals is the plural of normal, usually as a noun.
In geometry and computer graphics, a normal is a line perpendicular to a surface at a given point—normals determine how light reflects off 3D objects: The rendering looked wrong because the normals were inverted.
More casually, normals are ordinary people, often from the perspective of those who consider themselves outsiders: The normals wouldn't understand.
Accepted levels of quality
- benchmarksStandards for measuring performance
- baselinesInitial reference measurements
- control groupUntreated subjects for comparison
- expected valuesProbability-weighted average outcomes
norms · averages · means · medians · parameters · thresholds · specifications · tolerances
Lines at right angles
Accepted social practices
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- social normsShared behavioral expectations
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
customs · traditions · mores · etiquette · protocols · orthodoxy · status quo · unwritten rules
Everyday individuals, unremarkable
- massesBulk or populace
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- commonersOrdinary citizens, untitled
- everymanOrdinary representative person
majority · regular folks · crowd · public · citizens · populace · rank and file · common people
Habitual visitors
- usualsCustomary people or things
- factory settingsOriginal device configuration
standards
Accepted levels of quality
- benchmarksStandards for measuring performance
- baselinesInitial reference measurements
- control groupUntreated subjects for comparison
expected values · norms · averages · means · medians · parameters · thresholds · specifications · tolerances · default settings
perpendiculars
Lines at right angles
conventions
Accepted social practices
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- social normsShared behavioral expectations
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
standards · customs · traditions · mores · etiquette · protocols · orthodoxy · status quo · unwritten rules · peer pressure
ordinary people
Everyday individuals, unremarkable
- massesBulk or populace
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- commonersOrdinary citizens, untitled
everyman · majority · regular folks · crowd · public · citizens · populace · rank and file · common people · laypeople
regulars
Habitual visitors
- usualsCustomary people or things
- factory settingsOriginal device configuration
- 3D Geometrycube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid
- 3D graphicsray tracing, shaders, textures, vertices, rendering
- 3D Modelingmesh, vertices, vertex, polygon, wireframe
- renderingray tracing, shaders, shader, reflections, shadows
- geometryangles, circles, angle, shapes, lines
- surfacessurface, sphere, cone, torus, plane
normalsoutliers
Extreme data points
anomalies · extremes · deviants · aberrations · exceptions
- new normalAltered baseline after disruption
- normal curveSymmetric probability distribution shape
- normal visionUnimpaired sight capacity
- normal timeNon-adjusted clock hours
- normal rangeExpected healthy limits
- normal weightExpected mass for height
normal, abnormal, abnormality, normality, normalize, normalcy, paranormal, abnormally, normalizing