Synonyms: convention, formula, pattern, normal, rule
Definition: something regarded as a normative example
Usage: the convention of not naming the main character; violence is the rule not the exception; his formula for impressing visitors
Similar words: practice
Definition: knowledge of how something is usually done
Usage: it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner
Synonyms: normal
Definition: conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
Usage: serve wine at normal room temperature; normal diplomatic relations; normal working hours; normal word order; normal curiosity; the normal course of events
Definition: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
Usage: the average income in New England is below that of the nation; of average height for his age; the mean annual rainfall
Similar words: average, median
Definition: relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
Usage: the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20; the median income for the year was $15,000
Definition: relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
Usage: the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
Similar words: natural
Definition: functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
Usage: it's the natural thing to happen; natural immunity; a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild
Similar words: regular
Definition: not deviating from what is normal
Usage: her regular bedtime
Similar words: typical
Definition: conforming to a type
Usage: the typical (or normal) American; typical teenage behavior
Synonyms: normal
Definition: forming a right angle
Similar words: perpendicular
Definition: intersecting at or forming right angles
Usage: the axes are perpendicular to each other