Nom"i*nal (?), a. [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.
© Webster 1913.
Nom"i*nal, n.
1.
A nominalist.
[Obs.]
Camden.
2. Gram.
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. )
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