English Dictionary

nominal

/ˈnɒm.ɪnl̩/

adj

Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names. / Assigned to or bearing a person's name. / Existing in name only. / (philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism. / Insignificantly small.

She received a nominal amount of money for her work.

意味（1）

Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.

意味（2）

Assigned to or bearing a person's name.

意味（3）

Existing in name only.

a nominal difference

意味（4）

(philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.

意味（5）

Insignificantly small.

He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.

意味（6）

Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.

The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.

意味（7）

(finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.

意味（8）

(finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.

意味（9）

(grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.

This sentence contains a nominal phrase.

意味（10）

(engineering) According to plan or design.

We'll just do a nominal flight check.

意味（11）

(economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.

My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.

意味（12）

(statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.

意味（13）

(taxonomy) Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species.

Since then, a good deal of research has documented and concluded that the nominal species A. fraterculus actually comprises an unresolved complex of cryptic species.