NORMA

(Lat.), n. f. No2rm'a3. See NORM. N. frontal is. The contour of the face viewed from in front. [L, 150.] N. inferior. The contour of the base of the skull. [L, 149, 160.] N. lateral is. The contour of the skull in profile. [L, 150 (a, 50).] N. occipital is. 1. The profile of the skull from behind, the skull being on a level with the eye. [L, 332.] 2. A line tangent to the occipital bone and parallel to the facial line. [L, 150 (a. 50).] N. p:i fitt a I is. See N. vertical is. N. posterior. See N. occipital is N. sag! 1 1 ill is. The contour of an antero-posterior section of the skull in the median line. [L.] N. temporal is. See N. lateral is. N. vertical is. The contour of a horizontal plane through the glabella. [L, 149.] NORMAL,, adj. No2r'm'l. Gr., avopi*ds. Lat., normal is (from norma, a rule). Fr., n. Ger.. n. 1. Corresponding to the perfect type in all respects. 2. Conforming to the ordinary standard. 3. Of the salts of polybasic acids, having all the hydrogen of the latter replaced by a metal; of hydrocarbons and their derivatives (alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, acids, etc.), having no carbon atom directly connected in their structural formulae with more than two other carbon atoms. [B; B, 28 (a. 27); D.] [s. 112]