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nominal

nominal

1 7.2
About a word or group that acts like a noun
  • adjective
  • /ˈnɑːmɪnəl/
  • Specialized
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  • In the structured interaction condition, a two-stage modified nominal group technique was introduced to the group's negotiation process.
  • a nominal clause
  • a nominal group
  • nominal and verbal

Examples

  • Participants were assigned to collaborative or nominal groups and then studied a list comprising high-frequency instances of taxonomic categories.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The index is nominal and isolates five traits of a "good" teacher in the classroom.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The use of focus groups is sometimes referred to as using a nominal group technique.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Taken into consideration were the subjects' weights, ages, and nominal activity levels.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Regarding the nominal portion of our adverbials, two more issues must be mentioned.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The name, "Michael Cassio," which follows, functions as a nominal reference to the pronoun "That."

    Academic text (2005)

  • Most analyses used chi-square since our data were frequencies of nominal items.

    Academic text (2006)

  • In grammar, a nominal clause can function as the subject of a sentence.

  • The nominal phrase 'the dog in the yard' acts as the object in this context.

  • We just completed a study on nominal expressions used in academic writing.

Compounds

nominal aphasia
  • Specialized
1 9.7

A condition that makes it hard to say or recognize common object names

nominal value
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A price that a company writes on a share or bond, not the market price

nominal damages
  • Formal
7.7

A small sum a court gives to show a legal right is broken without real loss

nominal phrase
  • Specialized
7.3

A group of words with a noun as the main word acting as subject or object

nominal price
  • Specialized
6.1

A small stated price that does not show the item's real market value

Surface Forms

nominal positive

Morphology

nominal = nomin + al

This grammatical sense is etymologically tied to the same Latin stem, but it is not transparently built from a recognizable English base word.

Etymology

Nominal comes from the Latin nomen 'name', and it means 'related to a name'. In grammar, a nominal is something that works like a noun, naming a person, place, or thing.