nominal
adj
1 in name only; theoretical
the nominal leader
2 minimal in comparison with real worth or what is expected; token
a nominal fee
3 of, relating to, constituting, bearing, or giving a name
4 (Grammar) of or relating to a noun or noun phrase
n
5 (Grammar) a nominal element; a noun, noun phrase, or syntactically similar structure
6 (Bell-ringing) the harmonic an octave above the strike tone of a bell (C15: from Latin nominalis of a name, from nomen name) ♦
nominally adv
nominal aphasia
n aphasia in which the primary symptom is an inability to recognize words and to speak the right word
nominal scale
n (Statistics) a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for instance, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
Compare →
ordinal scale →
interval scale →
ratio scale
nominal value
n another name for →
par value
nominal wages
pl n another name for →
money wages
Dictionnaire anglais Collins English definition-Thesaurus
nominal
1 formal, ostensible, pretended, professed, puppet, purported, self-styled, so-called, soi-disant, supposed, theoretical, titular
2 inconsiderable, insignificant, minimal, small, symbolic, token, trifling, trivial
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