Meaning & use

Normality

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The state of being usual, typical, or expected; in chemistry, a measure of concentration equal to gram equivalent weight per liter of solution.

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After months of chaos, the town slowly returned to a sense of normality.

The lab technician calculated the normality of the acid solution before the titration.

A note on using this word

In chemistry, normality is denoted by 'N' and differs from molarity because it accounts for the number of reactive units in a compound.

Words with a similar meaning

normalcyregularity

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Words with an opposite meaning

abnormality

Another way to use it

2. noun

A unit of concentration expressing the number of gram equivalents of solute per liter of solution.

The solution had a normality of 0.5 N.

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