GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   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.
   
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   2. Existing in name only; not real; as, “a nominal difference”. “Nominal attendance on lectures.”  Macaulay.
   
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   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”.
   
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   3. Within acceptable limits; as expected; as, “the hydraulic lines are at nominal pressure”; -- used mostly in aviation and space operations.
   
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   Nominal, n.
   1. A nominalist. [Obs.]  Camden.
   
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   2. (Gram.) A verb formed from a noun.
   
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   3. A name; an appellation.
   
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   A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
   
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