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Nominal

Nominal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Nominal? [adj] being such in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party" [adj] named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock" [adj] insignificantly small; a matter of form only; "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; (`tokenish' is informal as in"a tokenish gesture") [adj] (economics) being value in terms of specification on currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing power; "nominal or face value" [adj] (grammar) "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase" [adj] relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name; "the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal lists of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Nominal: formal \| minimal \| minimum \| nominative \| specified \| titular \| token(a) \| tokenish Related Terms \| Find terms related to Nominal: abstract noun \| adherent noun \| adjectival \| adverbial \| alleged \| apparent \| attributive \| budget \| byname \| cheap \| cognominal \| collective noun \| common noun \| conjunctive \| copulative \| correct \| diminutive \| easy \| economic \| economy \| epithetic \| formal \| frugal \| functional \| gerund \| glossematic \| grammatic \| honorific \| hypocoristic \| hypostasis \| in name only \| inconsiderable \| inexpensive \| insignificant \| insubstantial \| intransitive \| linking \| low \| low-priced \| manageable \| minimal \| minor \| minuscule \| moderate \| modest \| nominative \| noun \| noun phrase \| ostensible \| participial \| postpositional \| prepositional \| pretended \| professed \| pronominal \| pronoun \| proper noun \| proposed \| propositional \| puppet \| purported \| quasi \| quotation noun \| reasonable \| representational \| seeming \| self-called \| self-christened \| self-styled \| sensible \| shabby \| shoddy \| small \| so-called \| soi-disant \| structural \| substantive \| supposed \| supposititious \| syntactic \| tagmemic \| tiny \| titular \| token \| transitive \| trifling \| trivial \| unexpensive \| verbal \| within means \| worth the money \| would-be See Also \| Nominal In Webster's Dictionary \Nom"inal\, a. [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name. See {Name}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. --Bp. Pearson. 2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. ``Nominal attendance on lectures.'' --Macaulay. \Nom"inal\, n. 1. A nominalist. [Obs.] --Camden. 2. (Gram.) A verb formed from a noun. 3. A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. --Moore (Encyc. of Music. )

Nominal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nominal?

[adj] being such in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"
[adj] named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock"
[adj] insignificantly small; a matter of form only; "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; (`tokenish' is informal as in"a tokenish gesture")
[adj] (economics) being value in terms of specification on currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing power; "nominal or face value"
[adj] (grammar) "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"
[adj] relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name; "the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal lists of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls"

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Nominal In Webster's Dictionary

\Nom"i*nal\, a. [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name.
See {Name}.]
1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the
   literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal
   definition. --Bp. Pearson.

2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.
   ``Nominal attendance on lectures.'' --Macaulay.


\Nom"i*nal\, n.
1. A nominalist. [Obs.] --Camden.

2. (Gram.) A verb formed from a noun.

3. A name; an appellation.

         A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural
         diatonic scale.                       --Moore
                                               (Encyc. of
                                               Music. )

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