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Nonnormal vs Subnormal - What's the difference?

nonnormal | subnormal |

As adjectives the difference between nonnormal and subnormal

is that nonnormal is (statistics) not normal while subnormal is less than normal.

As a noun subnormal is

(geometry) that part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.

nonnormal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (statistics) Not normal.
    • a nonnormal distribution

    subnormal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Less than normal.
    • His intelligence was considered subnormal , but amazingly as a musician he was a genius.
  • (computing theory) denormal
  • * 2007 , Ward Cheney, David Kincaid, Numerical mathematics and computing (page 704)
    • Subnormal numbers cannot be normalized because this would result in an exponent that does not fit into the exponent field.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
    • (Webster 1913) ----