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. )
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.
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