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Origin and Etymology of norma
Latin, carpenter's square, pattern, rule
Definition of Norma
astronomy
: a southern constellation that is visible between the constellations of Ara and Lupus and that is represented by the figure of a drafting square
- … a second group of Dutch astronomers found a binary star in the constellation Norma flickering at 900 times a second.
- —Tulsa World, 5 May 1996
First Known Use of norma
1810
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