fifth normal form

noun

A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in fourth normal form and every join dependency is implied by the candidate keys.

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Meanings

nounfifth normal form (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingA stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in fourth normal form and every join dependency is implied by the candidate keys.
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