Associations to the word «Nonstandard»

NONSTANDARD, adjective. Not standard.

NONSTANDARD, adjective. (linguistics) Not conforming to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.

NONSTANDARD, noun. Something that is not standard.

NONSTANDARD ANALYSIS, noun. (analysis) Analysis founded upon the hyperreal number system, i.e., which formally defines and uses infinitesimals, especially differentials.

NONSTANDARD NUMBER, noun. (analysis) (nonstandard analysis) A hyperreal number which is not a real number.

NONSTANDARD, adjective. Not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups"; "the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech"- A.R.Dunlap.

NONSTANDARD, adjective. Varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board".

NONSTANDARD, adjective. Not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence; "a nonstandard text".