normal form

English

Noun

normal form (plural normal forms)

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normal form

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1. (databases) Any of various forms of a relational database providing criteria for determining a table's degree of vulnerability to logical inconsistencies and anomalies.
2. (game theory) A matrix that represents the possible outcomes of a game
3. (mathematics) A standard, canonical way of presenting an object.
   1. (musical set theory) A method of naming a chord by the most compact ordering of pitches.

Derived terms

• Backus normal form
• Boyce-Codd normal form
• Chomsky Normal Form
• fifth normal form
• first normal form
• fourth normal form
• normal form game
• second normal form
• third normal form

Translations

databases: form of a relational database

Finnish: normaalimuoto

game theory: matrix of possible outcomes

Finnish: normaalimuoto

math: standard way of presenting an object — see canonical form