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AdnominalAdnominal Ad*nom"i*nal, a. [L. ad + nomen noun.] (Gram.)
Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun.
--Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv. AdnominallyAdnominal Ad*nom"i*nal, a. [L. ad + nomen noun.] (Gram.)
Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun.
--Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv. Agnominate
Agnominate Ag*nom"i*nate ([a^]g*n[o^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
To name. [Obs.]
AgnominationAgnomination Ag*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. agnominatio. See
Agnomen.]
1. A surname. [R.] --Minsheu.
2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination. Annominate
Annominate An*nom"i*nate, v. t.
To name. [R.]
AnnominationAnnomination An*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. annominatio. See
Agnomination.]
1. Paronomasia; punning.
2. Alliteration. [Obs.] --Tyrwhitt. BinominalBinominal Bi*nom"i*nal, a. [See Binomial.]
Of or pertaining to two names; binomial. Cognominal
Cognominal Cog*nom"i*nal, a.
Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.
Cognominal
Cognominal Cog*nom"i*nal, n.
One bearing the same name; a namesake. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
Cognomination
Cognomination Cog*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. cognominatio.]
A cognomen or surname. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
Denominable
Denominable De*nom"i*na*ble, a.
Capable of being denominated or named. --Sir T. Browne.
DenominateDenominate De*nom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denominated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Denominating.] [L. denominatus, p. p. of
denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See
Nominate.]
To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle;
to name; to designate.
Passions commonly denominating selfish. --Hume. DenominateDenominate De*nom"i*nate, a. [L. denominatus, p. p.]
Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the
concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate
quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See
Compound number, under Compound. denominate numberCompound Com"pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See
Compound, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple
substances. --I. Watts.
Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of
compound numbers.
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one
seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
according to regular laws of composition.
Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which
the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
successively.
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.
Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single
flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
dandelion.
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.
Compound fracture. See Fracture.
Compound householder, a householder who compounds or
arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
included in his rents. [Eng.]
Compound interest. See Interest.
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.
Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate
blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.
Compound microscope. See Microscope.
Compound motion. See Motion.
Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a
varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
-- called also denominate number.
Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column.
Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or
more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
(plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
compound quantities.
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.
Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;
thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
and b:d.
Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine
lathe.
Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two
or more screws with different pitch (a differential
screw), or running in different directions (a right and
left screw).
Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple
measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
of two measures of 3-8 time.
Compound word, a word composed of two or more words;
specifically, two or more words joined together by a
hyphen. DenominatedDenominate De*nom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denominated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Denominating.] [L. denominatus, p. p. of
denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See
Nominate.]
To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle;
to name; to designate.
Passions commonly denominating selfish. --Hume. DenominatingDenominate De*nom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denominated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Denominating.] [L. denominatus, p. p. of
denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See
Nominate.]
To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle;
to name; to designate.
Passions commonly denominating selfish. --Hume. Denominational
Denominational De*nom`i*na"tion*al, a.
Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or
society. ``Denominational differences.' --Buckle.
Denominationalism
Denominationalism De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ism, n.
A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the
interests of a sect or denomination.
Denominationalist
Denominationalist De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ist, n.
One imbued with a denominational spirit. --The Century.
Denominationally
Denominationally De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ly, adv.
In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.
Denominative
Denominative De*nom`i*na"tive, n.
A denominative name or term; denominative verb. --Jer.
Taylor. Harkness.
Denominatively
Denominatively De*nom`i*na"tive*ly, adv.
By denomination.
Direct nomination
Direct nomination Direct nomination (Political Science)
The nomination or designation of candidates for public office
by direct popular vote rather than through the action of a
convention or body of elected nominating representatives or
delegates. The term is applied both to the nomination of
candidates without any nominating convention, and, loosely,
to the nomination effected, as in the case of candidates for
president or senator of the United States, by the election of
nominating representatives pledged or instructed to vote for
certain candidates dssignated by popular vote.
Innominable
Innominable In*nom"i*na*ble, a. [L. innominabilis; pref. in-
not + nominare to name: cf. F. innominable.]
Not to be named. [R.] --Testament of Love.
InnominateInnominate In*nom"i*nate, a. [L. innominatus; pref. in- not +
nominare to name.]
1. Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or
place. [R.] --Ray.
2. (Anat.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise
unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the
arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of
the superior vena cava.
Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a
lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch
bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium,
ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult,
though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult
reptiles and amphibians.
Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts
without a specific name. Innominate boneInnominate In*nom"i*nate, a. [L. innominatus; pref. in- not +
nominare to name.]
1. Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or
place. [R.] --Ray.
2. (Anat.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise
unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the
arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of
the superior vena cava.
Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a
lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch
bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium,
ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult,
though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult
reptiles and amphibians.
Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts
without a specific name. Innominate contractsInnominate In*nom"i*nate, a. [L. innominatus; pref. in- not +
nominare to name.]
1. Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or
place. [R.] --Ray.
2. (Anat.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise
unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the
arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of
the superior vena cava.
Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a
lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch
bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium,
ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult,
though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult
reptiles and amphibians.
Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts
without a specific name. Interdenominational
Interdenominational In`ter*de*nom`i*na"tion*al, a.
Occurring between or among, or common to, different
denominations; as, interdenominational fellowship or belief.
Multinominal
Multinominal Mul`ti*nom"i*nal, Multinominous
Mul`ti*nom"i*nous, a. [L. multinominis; multus many + nomen
nominis name.]
Having many names or terms.
NominalNominal 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.
Meaning of nomina from wikipedia
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FRSAD library model Nō-men, the mask used in Noh
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- In
Christian scribal practice,
nomina sacra (singular:
nomen sacrum from
Latin sacred name) is the
abbreviation of
several frequently occurring divine...
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binomial nomenclature, a
nomen dubium (Latin for "doubtful name",
plural nomina dubia) is a
scientific name that is of
unknown or
doubtful application....
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personal and
family names.
Although conventionally referred to as the tria
nomina, the
combination of praenomen, nomen, and
cognomen that have come to be...
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Nomina Anatomica (NA) was the
international standard on
human anatomic terminology from 1895
until it was
replaced by
Terminologia Anatomica in 1998. In...
- The
Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria (often
abbreviated as NAV) is an
standardized nomenclature. It is made by
World ****ociation of
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- In taxonomy, a
nomen nudum ('naked name';
plural nomina nuda) is a
designation which looks exactly like a
scientific name of an organism, and may have...
- This is a list of
Roman nomina. The
nomen identified all free
Roman citizens as
members of
individual gentes,
originally families sharing a
single nomen...
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Nomina Histologica and
Nomina Embryologica. Amsterdam-Oxford:
Excerpta Medica.
International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee (1983).
Nomina Anatomica...
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peoples of
southern Italy had
nomina ending in -iis.
Umbrian nomina typically end in -as, -anas, -enas, or -inas,
while nomina ending in -arna, -erna, -ena...
