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Nominal

//ˈnɒm.ɪ.nl̩// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Assigned to or bearing a person's name. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Existing in name only. not-comparable

    "a nominal difference"

  4. 4
    Of or relating to nominalism. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Insignificantly small. not-comparable

    "He gave me only a nominal sum for my services."

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  1. 6
    Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value. not-comparable

    "The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher."

  2. 7
    Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value. not-comparable
  3. 8
    Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation. not-comparable
  4. 9
    Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun. not-comparable

    "This sentence contains a nominal phrase."

  5. 10
    According to plan or design. not-comparable

    "We'll just do a nominal flight check."

  6. 11
    Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation. not-comparable

    "My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is."

  7. 12
    Having values whose order is insignificant. not-comparable
  8. 13
    Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species. not-comparable

    "Since then, a good deal of research has documented and concluded that the nominal species A. fraterculus actually comprises an unresolved complex of cryptic species."

Adjective
  1. 1
    existing in name only wordnet
  2. 2
    named; bearing the name of a specific person wordnet
  3. 3
    insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal) wordnet
  4. 4
    of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation wordnet
  5. 5
    pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun wordnet
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  1. 6
    relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.

    "This sentence contains two nominals."

  2. 2
    a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb wordnet
  3. 3
    A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.)

    "A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots."

  4. 4
    A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.)

    "Numeric codes of characters used in programming are nominals."

  5. 5
    A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested. UK, jargon

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *h₁nómn̥ From the Middle English nominalle (“of nouns”), borrowed from Latin nōminālis (“of names”), from nōmen (“name”).

Etymology 2

PIE word *h₁nómn̥ From the Middle English nominalle (“of nouns”), borrowed from Latin nōminālis (“of names”), from nōmen (“name”).

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