(adj) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name, Example:the Russian system of nominal brevity; a nominal lists of priests; taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls

nominal

(adj) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal), Syn. token, tokenish, Example:the fee was nominal; a token gesture of resistance; a toknenish gesture

nominal

(adj) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun, Example:nominal phrase; noun phrase

nominal

(adj) of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation, Ant. real, Example:the nominal GDP; nominal interest rates

nominal

(adj) existing in name only, Syn. titular, Example:the nominal (or titular) head of his party

nominal aphasia

(n) inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects, Syn. anomic aphasia, amnestic aphasia, anomia, amnesic aphasia

nominal damages

(n) (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)

nominalism

(n) (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name

nominalist

(n) a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism

nominalistic

(adj) of or relating to nominalism

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Nominal

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. “Nominal attendance on lectures.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence: Insignificant; trifling; -- of prices or costs, as compared with the benefits gained; as, to pay a nominal sum for the data; a nominal fee. [ PJC ]

3. Within acceptable limits; as expected; as, the hydraulic lines are at nominal pressure; -- used mostly in aviation and space operations. [ PJC ]

Nominal

n. 1. A nominalist. [ Obs. ] Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A verb formed from a noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A name; an appellation. [ 1913 Webster ]

A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

Nominalism

n. The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nominalist

n. (Metaph.) One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nominalistic

a. Of or pertaining to the Nominalists. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nominalize

v. t. (Grammar, Linguistics) To convert into a noun; as, a nominalized sentence; a nominalized adjective or verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a sentence of the form:
“That Kennedy would have been a great president if he had not been assassinated is one of the enduring myths of the Camelot conceit.”
the sentence “Kennedy would have been a great president if he had not been assassinated” has been nominalized by the introductory “that”. [ PJC ]

Nominally

adv. In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

名义上

[名义上 / 名義上, míng yì shàng] nominally #25919

公称

[公称 / 公稱, gōng chēng] nominal #101953

名义价值

[名义价值 / 名義價值, míng yì jià zhí] nominal value

名义账户

[名义账户 / 名義賬戶, míng yì zhàng hù] nominal bank account

名量词

[名量词 / 名量詞, míng liàng cí] nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word applying mainly to nouns

标称

[标称 / 標稱, biāo chēng] nominal (e.g. nominal value in specification)

标称核武器

[标称核武器 / 標稱核武器, biāo chēng hé wǔ qì] nominal weapon

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さ

[sa] (suf) (1) -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition); (prt) (2) (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion; (int) (3) (See さあ) come; come now; (P) #15

み

[mi] (suf) (1) (also written with the ateji 味) (See 甘み) -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives); (2) (See 深み) nominalizing suffix indicating location; (3) (See 降りみ降らずみ) (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... #210

等

[ら, ra] (suf) (1) pluralizing suffix (often humble, derogatory or familiar); and others; et alios; and the like; and followers; (2) (See あちら, いくら) or so (rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.); (3) (See 清ら) (after the stem of an adjective) nominalizing suffix #221

事

[じ, ji] (n) (1) thing; matter; (2) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; (3) circumstances; situation; state of affairs; (4) work; business; affair; (5) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (n-suf) (6) (See 事・ごと・1) nominalizing suffix; (7) (See 事・ごと・2) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (P) #353

事

[じ, ji] (suf) (1) (See 事・こと・6) nominalizing suffix; (2) (See 事・こと・7) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... #353

呼称

[こしょう, koshou] (n, vs) (1) naming; giving a name; designation; denomination; (adj-f) (2) nominal; (P) #2469

名目

[めいもく(P);みょうもく, meimoku (P); myoumoku] (n, adj-no) (1) name; title; appellation; (something) nominal; (2) (under the) pretext (of); pretense; (P) #8989

公称

[こうしょう, koushou] (n, vs) (1) public name; announcing publicly; (adj-f) (2) nominal; (P) #19270

ごくわずか

[gokuwazuka] (exp, adj-na) (See 極・ごく・1, 僅か・わずか) derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

ノミナリズム

[nominarizumu] (n) nominalism

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基準値

[きじゅんち, kijunchi] nominal value

交渉ページ

[こうしょうページ, koushou pe-ji] nominal page

名目