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 Definitions of nominal  [ˈnɒm ə nl]  

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Definition of 'nominal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) nominal
being such in name only; so-called; putative:
the nominal head of the country.

2.  nominal
(of a price, fee, etc.) named as a matter of form, being trifling in comparison with the actual value:
a nominal price.

3.  nominal
of, pertaining to, or constituting a name or names.

4.  nominal
of, pertaining to, functioning as, or producing a noun:
a nominal suffix.

5.  nominal
containing, bearing, or giving a name or names.

6.  nominal
Aerospace. performing or achieved within expected limits; normal and satisfactory.

7. (n.) nominal
a word or group of words functioning as a noun.

Etymology:  (1425–75; late ME nominalle of a noun < L nōminālis)

Definition of 'nominal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) noun phrase, nominal phrase, nominal
a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

2. (adj) nominal
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"

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

4. (adj) nominal
pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun
"nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"

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

6. (adj) nominative, nominal
named; bearing the name of a specific person
"nominative shares of stock"

7. (adj) nominal, titular
existing in name only
"the nominal (or titular) head of his party"


Definition of 'nominal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) nominal
of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition

2. (adj) nominal
existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference

3. (noun) nominal
a nominalist

4. (noun) nominal
a verb formed from a noun

5. (noun) nominal
a name; an appellation


Translation of 'nominal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: in name only, not in reality
He is only the nominal head of the firm.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nominaal Arabic flag Arabic: إسْمي، بالأسْم، رَمْزي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: формален
Brazilian flag Brazilian: nominal Czech flag Czech: podle jména German flag German: dem Namen nach
Danish flag Danish: nominel; af navn Greek flag Greek: κατ' όνομα και όχι στην ο Spanish flag Spanish: nominal
Estonian flag Estonian: nimeline, fiktiivne Farsi flag Farsi: اسمى Finnish flag Finnish: nimellinen
French flag French: de nom, nominal Hebrew flag Hebrew: בְּשֵם בִּלבָד Hindi flag Hindi: नाम मात्र का
Croatian flag Croatian: samo po imenu, nestvaran Hungarian flag Hungarian: névleges Indonesian flag Indonesian: nominal
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sem er að nafninu til Italian flag Italian: nominale, di nome Japanese flag Japanese: 名ばかりの
Korean flag Korean: 명목상의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nominalus, formalus Latvian flag Latvian: formāls
Malay flag Malay: pada nama sahaja Dutch flag Dutch: in naam Norwegian flag Norwegian: bare i navnet, symbolsk
Polish flag Polish: tytularny Persian flag Persian: ،به اصطلاح اسمى Pashto flag Pashto: يوازى په خبره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: nominal Romanian flag Romanian: cu numele; nominal Russian flag Russian: номинальный; формальный
Slovak flag Slovak: podľa mena Slovenian flag Slovenian: formalen Serbian flag Serbian: nominalan
Swedish flag Swedish: nominell, formell, [blott Thai flag Thai: แต่ในนาม Turkish flag Turkish: sözde, ismi var cismi yok
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 名義上的,有名無實的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: номінальний Urdu flag Urdu: برائے نام
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc danh nghĩa Chinese flag Chinese: 有名无实的

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