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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
NOMINAL, a.
NOMINAL, n. The Nominalists were a sect of school philosophers, the disciples of Ocham or Ocdcam, in the 14th century, who maintained that words and not things are the object of dialectics. They were the founders of the university of Leipsic.
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. Existing in name only; not real; as, a
nominal difference.
"Nominal attendance on
lectures." Macaulay. A
nominalist.
[Obs.] Camden. A verb formed from a
noun.
A name; an appellation.
A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. ) | ||||||||