Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nominal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nominal \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nominal \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. )
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nominal
adj 1: 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"
2: insignificantly small; a matter of form only; "the fee was
nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; (`tokenish' is
informal as in "a tokenish gesture") [syn: {token(a)}, {tokenish}]
3: (grammar) "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"
4: (economics) being value in terms of specification on
currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing
power; "nominal or face value" [ant: {real}]
5: named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative
shares of stock" [syn: {nominative}]
6: being such in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of
his party" [syn: {titular}]
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