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