What does "nominal" mean?
Nominal: Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.
Additional senses
- 2.A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.
- 3.(Gram.) A verb formed from a noun.
- 4.A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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