3. The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art,
or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of
chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.
No"mi*al (?), n. [Cf. Binomial.] (Alg.) A name or term.
Nom"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a law, custom.] Customary; ordinary;
-- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly
phonetic methods. H Sweet. -- n. Nomic spelling. A. J. Ellis.
Nom"i*nal (?), a. [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name. See Name.]
1. 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.
2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal
attendance on lectures." Macaulay.
Nom"i*nal, n. 1. A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.