| nominal | (adj) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name |
| nominal | (adj) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal), Syn. token, tokenish |
| nominal | (adj) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun |
| nominal | (adj) of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation, Ant. real |
| nominal | (adj) existing in name only, Syn. titular |
| 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 |
| 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 ] |
| 名义上 | [míng yì shàng, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ, 名 义 上 / 名 義 上] nominally #25,919 [Add to Longdo] |
| 公称 | [gōng chēng, ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄥ, 公 称 / 公 稱] nominal #101,953 [Add to Longdo] |
| 名义价值 | [míng yì jià zhí, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄓˊ, 名 义 价 值 / 名 義 價 值] nominal value [Add to Longdo] |
| 名义账户 | [míng yì zhàng hù, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄏㄨˋ, 名 义 账 户 / 名 義 賬 戶] nominal bank account [Add to Longdo] |
| 名量词 | [míng liàng cí, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄘˊ, 名 量 词 / 名 量 詞] nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word applying mainly to nouns [Add to Longdo] |
| 标称 | [biāo chēng, ㄅㄧㄠ ㄔㄥ, 标 称 / 標 稱] nominal (e.g. nominal value in specification) [Add to Longdo] |
| 标称核武器 | [biāo chēng hé wǔ qì, ㄅㄧㄠ ㄔㄥ ㄏㄜˊ ㄨˇ ㄑㄧˋ, 标 称 核 武 器 / 標 稱 核 武 器] nominal weapon [Add to Longdo] |
| 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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 事 | [じ, ji] (suf) (1) (See 事・こと・6) nominalizing suffix; (2) (See 事・こと・7) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... #353 [Add to Longdo] |
| 呼称 | [こしょう, koshou] (n, vs) (1) naming; giving a name; designation; denomination; (adj-f) (2) nominal; (P) #2,469 [Add to Longdo] |
| 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) #8,989 [Add to Longdo] |
| 公称 | [こうしょう, koushou] (n, vs) (1) public name; announcing publicly; (adj-f) (2) nominal; (P) #19,270 [Add to Longdo] |
| ごくわずか | [gokuwazuka] (exp, adj-na) (See 極・ごく・1, 僅か・わずか) derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible [Add to Longdo] |
| ノミナリズム | [nominarizumu] (n) nominalism [Add to Longdo] |
