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Nominal impedance — in electrical engineering and audio engineering refers to the approximate designed impedance of an electrical circuit or device. The term is applied in a number of different fields, most often being encountered in respect of: The nominal value of … Wikipedia
Nominal identity — is the identity in name only as opposed to the individual experience of that identity. The concept is often used in sociology, psychology and linguistics. Contents 1 Social sciences 1.1 Nominal identity in ethnicity 2 Linguistics … Wikipedia
nominal — nom·i·nal / nä mən əl/ adj 1: existing or being something in name or form but usu. not in reality defenses...raised by the corporation as nominal defendant in a derivative suit R. C. Clark 2: being so small or trivial as to be a mere token… … Law dictionary
Nominal TAM — is the indication of tense–aspect–mood by inflecting a noun, rather than a verb. In clausal nominal TAM, the noun indicates TAM information about the clause. Whether or not a particular language can best be understood as having clausal nominal… … Wikipedia
Nominal compositum — or nominal composition is the process of putting two or more words together to form another word, although the new word does not necessarily have the same meaning. The new word is a compound word. The process occurs readily in North Germanic… … Wikipedia
Nominal group (functional grammar) — Those five beautiful shiny Jonathan apples sitting on the chair In systemic functional grammar (SFG), a nominal group is a group of words which expresses an entity. A nominal group is widely regarded as synonymous to noun phrase in other… … Wikipedia
Nominal (disambiguation) — A nominal is one of the parts of speech. Nominal may also refer to: Nominal aphasia, a problem remembering words and names Nominal category, a group of objects or ideas that can be collectively grouped on the basis of shared, arbitrary… … Wikipedia
Nominal group (language) — In English, a nominal group typically comprises a noun surrounded by other items (words) that all in some way characterise that noun. Within a clause, a nominal group functions as though it is that noun, which is referred to as the head ; the… … Wikipedia
nominal — /nom euh nl/, adj. 1. being such in name only; so called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country. 2. (of a price, consideration, etc.) named as a mere matter of form, being trifling in comparison with the actual value;… … Universalium
nominal — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English nominalle, from Medieval Latin nominalis, from Latin, of a name, from nomin , nomen name more at name Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction … New Collegiate Dictionary
