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Notional vs Hammerspace - What's the difference?

notional | hammerspace |

As an adjective notional

is of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.

As a noun hammerspace is

a notional space in which large objects can be stored until needed.

notional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
  • Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
    • This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture.
  • (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
  • (finance) (Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount)
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    • Derived terms

    * notionality * notionally

    hammerspace

    English

    (wikipedia hammerspace)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (humorous) A notional space in which large objects can be stored until needed.
  • * 1996 , "Vincent Tagle", Love and a single Ukclone...'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''rec.arts.anime.misc )
    • Okay, now just picture what you want to pull out of hammerspace and just reach in and grab it.
  • * 2000 , "Jason Howe", Hammerspace Cleaning'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''alt.fan.sailor-moon )
    • ...it's a commonly known fact that dust is physically incapable of collecting in Hammerspace , so everything is always looking brand new! I for one would want to keep my collection of--I think it's sixty-four--manga spotless!
  • * 2008 , Meljean Brook, Demon Night
    • I just learned how to take my sword out of my hammerspace , and I'm not afraid to use it.