non-normal
UK/nɔn-'nɔːm(ə)l/US/'nɒnn'ɔ:ml/
Definitions
adj.
Not conforming to a normal standard or pattern; especially (statistics) not following a normal distribution
非正常的；（统计）非正态的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivednon-not
+
normalrule, standard, pattern
=non-normal
non- (not) + normal = 'not normal.' Most common in statistics, where it specifically means 'not following a normal (bell-curve) distribution.'
Common Collocations
- 1.non-normal distribution非正态分布
- 2.non-normal data非正态数据
Example Sentences
- 1.
The data showed a non-normal distribution, so we used a different test.