nominal

(noun, adjective)

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.