Nominal vs Declared - What's the difference?

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As an adjective nominal

is of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.

As a noun nominal

is a noun or word group that functions as a noun phrase.

As a verb declared is

past tense of declare.

nominal

English

(wikipedia nominal)

Adjective

(-)

Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.

Assigned to or bearing a person's name.

Existing in name only.

a nominal difference

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Nominal attendance on lectures.

(philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.

(senseid) Insignificantly small; trifling.

He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.

Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.

The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.

(finance) 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.

(finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.

(grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.

This sentence contains a nominal phrase.

(engineering) According to plan or design; normal.

We'll just do a nominal flight check.

Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal .

(economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation; contrasted with real.

My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.

The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.

* 1991 , Richard J. Gilbert, Regulatory Choices: A Perspective on Developments in Energy Policy , page 267,

Comparisons of the costs of the Diablo Canyon plant with other nuclear power plants can be misleading because the available cost data are in nominal dollars and therefore include the toll of inflation over the construction periods.

* 2001 , Erich A. Helfert, Financial Analysis: Tools and Techniques: A Guide for Managers , page 467,

This simple process allows us to convert nominal dollars into inflation-adjusted real dollars.

(statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.

Antonyms

* (economics) real

Derived terms

* denominal * nominalness * nominally

Noun

(en noun)

(grammar) A noun or word group that functions as a noun phrase.

This sentence contains two nominals .

(grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives.

Hyponyms

* noun * pronoun

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Anagrams

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declared

English

Verb

(head)

(declare)

declare

English

Verb

(declar)

(obsolete) To make clear, explain, interpret.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:

Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.

* Boyle

To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies are exactly smooth.

To make a declaration.

To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.

He declared him innocent.

(cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.

To announce something formally or officially.

declare bankruptcy

declare victory

(cricket) declare (an innings) closed

To affirm or state something emphatically.

To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

* 1984 , Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, " Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time , 2 April:

The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.

To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.

(computing) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.

The counter "i" was declared as an integer.

Derived terms

* declarant * declaration * declarative * declaratory * declarer * declare war

Anagrams

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