nominal
adjective
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 (`tokenish' is informal)
- the fee was nominal
Similar word(s): minimal, minimum, token, tokenish
3. pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun
- nominal phrase
4. of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation
- the nominal GDP
- nominal interest rates
5. named; bearing the name of a specific person
- nominative shares of stock
Similar word(s): specified, nominative
6. existing in name only
- the nominal (or titular) head of his party
Similar word(s): formal, titular
Sentences with nominal as an adjective:
- a nominal difference
- He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.
- The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
- This sentence contains a nominal phrase.
- We'll just do a nominal flight check.
- Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal.
- My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
- The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.
noun
1. a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
Definition categories: communication, phrase
Sentences with nominal as a noun:
- This sentence contains two nominals.
- Numeric codes of characters used in programming are nominals.