Associations to the word «Nonstandard»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley