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
What Difference Does It Make? of the Smiths'. The character Ray Smith in the Jack Kerouac novel "The Dharma Bums" repeatedly says "What difference does it make?" as well as "Pretty girls make graves", the title of another track featured on "The Smiths". The single cover is a photograph of Terence Stamp, taken on the set of the film "The Collector". Originally Stamp denied permission for the still to be used, and some pressings featured Morrissey in a re-enacted scene. In the re-enactment, Morrissey is holding a glass of milk, as opposed to a chloroform pad in the original. However, Stamp later changed his mind,