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  • 71Normal matrix — A complex square matrix A is a normal matrix if where A* is the conjugate transpose of A. That is, a matrix is normal if it commutes with its conjugate transpose. If A is a real matrix, then A*=AT. Hence, the matrix is normal if ATA = AAT.… …

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  • 72Normal operator — In mathematics, especially functional analysis, a normal operator on a complex Hilbert space H (or equivalently in a C* algebra) is a continuous linear operator that commutes with its hermitian adjoint N*: Normal operators are important because… …

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  • 73Normal probability plot — The normal probability plot is a graphical technique for normality testing: assessing whether or not a data set is approximately normally distributed. Example of a normal probability plot. The data are plotted against a theoretical normal… …

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  • 74Normal coordinates — In differential geometry, normal coordinates at a point p in a differentiable manifold equipped with a symmetric affine connection are a local coordinate system in a neighborhood of p obtained by applying the exponential map to the tangent space… …

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  • 75Normal human body temperature — 98.6 redirects here. For other uses, see 98.6 (disambiguation). Normal human body temperature, also known as normothermia or euthermia, is a concept that depends upon the place in the body at which the measurement is made, and the time of day and …

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  • 76normal — I. adjective Etymology: Latin normalis, from norma Date: circa 1696 1. perpendicular; especially perpendicular to a tangent at a point of tangency 2. a. according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, or principle b. conforming… …

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  • 77normal — normality, normalness, n. /nawr meuhl/, adj. 1. conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural. 2. serving to establish a standard. 3. Psychol. a. approximately average in any psychological trait, as… …

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  • 78Normal variance-mean mixture — In probability theory and statistics, a normal variance mean mixture with mixing probability density g is the continuous probability distribution of a random variable Y of the form where α and β are real numbers and σ > 0 and random variables… …

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  • 79Normal School for Colored Girls — Miner Normal School U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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  • 80normal distribution — In common usage, normality is treated as synonymous with natural, conventional, acceptable, or ordinary. In statistics, normality is defined as the most commonly occurring, the numerically most frequent type, which is then used as the base line… …

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