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n. [ L.: co- + (g)nomen name. ] 1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Law) A surname. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ , obs. p. p. of Nim. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. nomen name + calare to call. See Name, and Calendar. ] 1. One who calls persons or things by their names. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons whom they met and whose votes it was desirable to solicit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female nomenclator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining or according to a nomenclature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator. ] 1. A name. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] See Phenomenon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. phénoménal. ] Relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon; hence, extraordinary; wonderful; as, a phenomenal memory. -- Phe*nom"e*nal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Metaph.) That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in the theory of phenomenalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phenomenon + -logy: cf. F. phénoménologie. ] A description, history, or explanation of phenomena. “The phenomenology of the mind.” Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Phenomena [ L. phaenomenon, Gr. faino`menon, fr. fai`nesqai to appear, fai`nein to show. See Phantom. ] 1. An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the phenomena of the material world, and in many of the phenomena of mind. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Prænomina [ L., fr. prae before + nomen name. ] (Rom. Antiq.) The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name, as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]