subnormal
noun
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English subnormal From sub- + normal.
- Less than normal.
“Near-synonym: below average”
“His intelligence was considered subnormal, but as a musician he was a genius.”
- denormal
“Subnormal numbers cannot be normalized because this would result in an exponent that does not fit into the exponent field.”
- idiot, stupid.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English subnormal From sub- + normal.
- A person whose abilities are less than normal.
“the IQ scores of mental subnormals”
- That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
- Synonym of denormal.