nominal

Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.not-comparable

Assigned to or bearing a person's name.not-comparable

Existing in name only.not-comparable

• a nominal difference

Of or relating to nominalism.not-comparable

Insignificantly small.not-comparable

• He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.

Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.not-comparable

• The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
• the nominal yield of a nuclear weapon

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.not-comparable

Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.not-comparable

Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.not-comparable

• This sentence contains a nominal phrase.

According to plan or design.not-comparable

• We'll just do a nominal flight check.
• Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal.

A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.

• This sentence contains two nominals.

A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.)

• A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.

A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.)

• Numeric codes of characters used in programming are nominals.

A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.UKjargon