nominal

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

Assigned to or bearing a person's name.

Existing in name only.

a nominal difference

1856 February, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Oliver Goldsmith, republished in 1865, The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, page 300, At Edinburgh he passed eighteen months in nominal attendance on lectures, and picked up some superficial information about chemistry and natural history.

Of or relating to nominalism.

Insignificantly small.

He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.

In the summer, DCC [Devon County Council] transferred ownership of the northern part of the station to NR for a nominal £1, enabling it (and the platform) to become part of the rail network.

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

This sentence contains two nominals.

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 considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.

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

Numeric codes of characters used in programming are nominals.

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