Norm vs. Precept — What's the Difference?

Something that is usual, typical, or standard

A precept (from the Latin: præcipere, to teach) is a commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action.

The product of a complex number and its conjugate, equal to the sum of the squares of its real and imaginary components, or the positive square root of this sum.

A general rule intended to regulate behaviour or thought

Adjust (something) to conform to a norm.

A writ or warrant

A pattern that is regarded as typical of something

An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf

A standard or expectation that is established for a given enterprise or effort

A rule or principle prescribing a particular course of action or conduct.

A pattern of behavior considered acceptable or proper by a social group

(Law) A direction or order issued by an authority; a writ, command, or process.

An average.

A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

The magnitude of a vector.

(legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment.

The modulus of a complex number.

(UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.

To establish or judge in reference to a norm

A rate or tax set by a precept.

(Mathematics) To define a norm on (a space).

To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice.

That which is normal or typical.

To teach (something) by precepts.

A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.

Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.

A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.

A command in writing; a species of writ or process.

(mathematics) A function, generally denoted $v\backslash mapsto\backslash left|v\backslash right|$ or $v\backslash mapsto\backslash left\backslash |v\backslash right\backslash |$, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties: Category:en:Functions

To teach by precepts.

If $v\backslash ne0$ then $\backslash left\backslash |v\backslash right\backslash |\backslash ne0$;

Rule of personal conduct

Given a scalar $k$, $\backslash left\backslash |kv\backslash right\backslash |=\backslash left|k\backslash right|\backslash cdot\backslash left\backslash |v\backslash right\backslash |$, where $\backslash left|k\backslash right|$ is the absolute value of $k$;

A doctrine that is taught;

Given two vectors $v,w$, $\backslash left\backslash |v+w\backslash right\backslash |\backslash le\backslash left\backslash |v\backslash right\backslash |+\backslash left\backslash |w\backslash right\backslash |$ (the triangle inequality).

(chess) A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

(analysis) To endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm.

A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type; as, deviations from the norm are not tolerated.

A typical, structural unit; a type.

A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical;

A statistic describing the location of a distribution;