Meaning of NOMINAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'nâmunl
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- [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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| | Synonyms: | | formal, minimal, minimum, nominative, specified, titular, token(a), tokenish |
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\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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