nominal.
Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
Meaning & usage
Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
Existing in name only.
a nominal difference
Of or relating to nominalism.
Insignificantly small.
He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.
Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
the nominal yield of a nuclear weapon
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.
Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
This sentence contains a nominal phrase.
According to plan or design.
We'll just do a nominal flight check.
Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal.
Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.
My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.
Having values whose order is insignificant.
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.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *h₁nómn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōminālisder. Middle English nominalle English nominal From the Middle English nominalle (“of nouns”), borrowed from Latin nōminālis (“of names”), ultimately from oblique stem of Latin nōmen, nōminis (“name”) + -al.
A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.
This sentence contains two nominals.
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 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.
A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *h₁nómn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōminālisder. Middle English nominalle English nominal From the Middle English nominalle (“of nouns”), borrowed from Latin nōminālis (“of names”), ultimately from oblique stem of Latin nōmen, nōminis (“name”) + -al.
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