nominal vs true

nominal

adj
  • 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. 

  • Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation. 

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

  • Insignificantly small. 

  • 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. 

true

adj
  • Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false. 

  • As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence 

  • Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate. 

  • Genuine; legitimate, valid. 

  • Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation. 

  • based on actual historical events. 

  • Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct. 

  • Fair, unbiased, not loaded. 

  • Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result. 

  • Loyal, faithful. 

  • Accurate; following a path toward the target. 

adv
  • Accurately. 

verb
  • To straighten (of something that is supposed to be straight). 

  • To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust. 

noun
  • The state of being in alignment. 

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