Normal (geometry) Normal (geometry) In geometry, a normal is an object such as a line or vector that is perpendicular to a given object. For example, in two dimensions, the normal line to a curve at a given point is the line perpendicular to the tangent line to the curve at the point. In three dimensions, a surface normal, or simply normal, to a surface at a point "P" is a vector that is perpendicular to the tangent plane to that surface at "P". The word "normal" is also used as an adjective: a line normal to a plane, the normal component
Does not compute adapt to such unforeseen events. The phrase was used in the sitcom "My Living Doll" in which the android protagonist, Rhoda Miller, uttered the phrase regularly when confronted with contradictory information, usually with relation to human behavior. On a few occasions, she said "that "does" compute," if she actually understood the information. Perhaps the best known use of the phrase is in the television series "Lost in Space" where the robot often says, "It does not compute!" to which Dr Smith might reply, "What do you mean it doesn't compute, you ninny?!" or something similar. However, the robot did not