nominal vs subnormal

nominal

adj
  • Insignificantly small. 

  • Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation. 

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

  • Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species. 

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

  • Assigned to or bearing a person's name. 

  • 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. 

  • Existing in name only. 

  • Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun. 

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

  • Having values whose order is insignificant. 

  • Of or relating to nominalism. 

  • According to plan or design. 

noun
  • A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested. 

  • A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.) 

  • A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.) 

  • A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase. 

subnormal

adj
  • Less than normal. 

  • denormal 

noun
  • A person whose abilities are less than normal. 

  • That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal. 

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