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Nominal
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.
2. A verb formed from a noun.
3. A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.
2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.