nominal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: PIE word
 *h₁nómn̥
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
Proto-Italic *nōmn̥
Latin nōmen
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
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.
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: nominals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Existing in name only.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a nominal difference
1856 February, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Oliver Goldsmith, republished in 1865, The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, page 300,
At Edinburgh he passed eighteen months in nominal attendance on lectures, and picked up some superficial information about chemistry and natural history.
In contrast to the traditionally conservative or libertarian ethos of the entrepreneurial class, the oligarchy is increasingly allied with the nominally populist Democratic Party and its regulatory agenda.
gloss: Of or relating to nominalism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Insignificantly small.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.
In the summer, DCC [Devon County Council] transferred ownership of the northern part of the station to NR for a nominal £1, enabling it (and the platform) to become part of the rail network.
gloss: Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
the nominal yield of a nuclear weapon
gloss: 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.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: This sentence contains a nominal phrase.
gloss: According to plan or design.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We'll just do a nominal flight check.
Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal.
The slots are waiting. Waiting for hot pizza. And waiting. The Deliverator honks his horn. This is not a nominal outcome.
Reactor online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal.
gloss: Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.
Comparisons of the costs of the Diablo Canyon plant with other nuclear power plants can be misleading because the available cost data are in nominal dollars and therefore include the toll of inflation over the construction periods.
This simple process allows us to convert nominal dollars into inflation-adjusted real dollars.
gloss: Having values whose order is insignificant.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: 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.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: 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.
gloss: A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.
pos: noun
examples: This sentence contains two nominals.
gloss: 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.)
pos: noun
examples: A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.
gloss: A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.)
pos: noun
examples: Numeric codes of characters used in programming are nominals.
gloss: A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.
pos: noun
tags: UK
jargon
Derived words: adnominal
binominal
denominal
denominalization
misnominal
multinominal
nominal aphasia
nominal clause
nominalise
nominalization
nominalize
nominal ledger
nominally
nominalness
nominal partner
nominal state
nominal type system
nominal variable
nondenominal
nonnominal
plurinominal
polynominal
postnominal
post-nominal
prenominal
subnominal
surnominal
uninominal
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