Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second normal form

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond nor-mal -form
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which it is in first normal form and every non-key attribute is dependent upon the entire primary key.

Inflected Forms

second normal forms (plural)

Phrases

first normal form third normal form fourth normal form fifth normal form Boyce-Codd normal form

Frequently Paired Words

first normal form third normal form fourth normal form fifth normal form Boyce-Codd normal form

Questions

What does second normal form mean?: A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which it is in first normal form and every non-key attribute is dependent upon the entire primary key.

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