nominal

わずかな、形ばかりの

実際の費用や価値に比べて、ごくわずかな。

やさしい英語で： Very small compared with the real cost or value of something.

• We charge a nominal fee.
• They let us use the room for a nominal rent.
• Visitors pay only a nominal amount to enter the garden.

類義語： token, minimal, small

反対語： substantial

よく使う表現： nominal fee, nominal charge, nominal rent

名目の

物価によるお金の購買力の変化を考慮していない価格や賃金などの。

やさしい英語で： Describing a price, wage, or amount before allowing for changes in what money can buy.

• Nominal wages rose this year.
• Inflation reduced the value of their nominal pay increase.
• The report compares real and nominal interest rates.

類義語： unadjusted

反対語： real

よく使う表現： nominal wages, nominal growth, nominal interest rate

名目上の、名ばかりの

正式な肩書きや地位はあるが、実際にはそれに伴う力や効果がない。

やさしい英語で： Having a title or status officially, but without its usual power or effect in practice.

• He was the nominal leader.
• The island had nominal independence but little control over its affairs.
• Her nominal authority did not influence the team's decisions.

類義語： titular, in name only

反対語： actual, real

よく使う表現： nominal leader, nominal independence, nominal authority, nominal control

公称の、定格の

実際に測った値とは異なることもある、表示された値や想定された値の。

やさしい英語で： Describing the stated or expected value of something, which may differ from its measured value.

• The battery's nominal voltage is twelve volts.
• Its actual diameter differs slightly from the nominal size.
• We measured the output and compared it with the nominal value.

類義語： stated, rated

反対語： actual

よく使う表現： nominal voltage, nominal diameter, nominal capacity

名詞の、名詞的な

名詞や、名詞として使われる語のまとまりに関係する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with a noun or a group of words used as a noun.

• The teacher explained nominal clauses.
• This language uses special endings on nominal forms.
• We compared verbal and nominal structures in the text.

よく使う表現： nominal phrase, nominal form, nominal clause

名詞句の主要部

名詞句の中心となる名詞や語のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A noun or group of words that forms the main part of a noun phrase.

• The nominal follows the determiner.
• Students identified the nominals in each sentence.
• This nominal contains a noun and two modifiers.

よく使う表現： complex nominal, nominal head, a nominal

名詞類

名詞の文法的な特徴を一部持つ語や句。

やさしい英語で： A word or phrase that has some of the grammatical features of a noun.

• This word is classified as a nominal.
• In this language, nominals can take case endings.
• The chapter compares nominals with other word classes.

よく使う表現： inflected nominal, nominal category, a nominal

名義数

量や順番ではなく、何かを識別するために使う数。

やさしい英語で： A number used to identify something, rather than to show an amount or position.

• The number on a player's shirt is a nominal.
• These nominals identify records rather than count them.
• The system uses each character code as a nominal.

類義語： identifier, numeric code

よく使う表現： numeric nominal, a nominal, nominal identifier