Category:Nominal

Nom"i*nal, a. Etym: [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.

2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.

Nominal Nom"i*nal, n.

1. A nominalist. [obs.] Camden.

2. (gram.)

Defn: 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. )