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.
Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.
A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.
A verb formed from a noun.
A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
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