Usually means: Perpendicular vector to a surface.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (surface normal)

noun:  (differential geometry) A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by

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