mindmap root((NOM)) nominal 1、 Existing in name or form only and not in reality.
2、 So small as to be unimportant; insignificant.
🌱The actor himself was the nominal author, but 90 percent of the prose was the work of his ghostwriter. 🌳Something nominal exists only in name. So the nominal ruler in a constitutional monarchy is the king or queen, but the real power is in the hands of the elected prime minister. In the United Kingdom, the British monarch is also the nominal head of the Church of England; and those baptized in the Church who aren't really churchgoers might be called nominal Christians. A fee can be called nominal when it's small in comparison to the value of what it buys. So, for example, you might sell a friend a good piece of furniture for a nominal amount. And the charge for a doctor's visit might be a nominal $20, since most of the cost is covered by an insurance plan. nomenclature 1、 A name or designation, or the act of naming.
2、 A system of terms or symbols used in biology, where New Latin names are given to kinds and groups of animals and plants.
🌱Naming newly discovered plants or animals requires close study of the system of nomenclature. 🌳Various specialized fields have their own particular nomenclatures, or sets of terms. In particle physics, for instance, the elementary particles known as quarks, which are believed to come in pairs, have acquired such names as "up" and "down," "strange" and "charm," and "truth" and "beauty"—which is all most of us know about quarks and all we need to know. But nomenclature is used most often for the system of biological classification created by Linnaeus. In Linnaeus's system, each species has its own two-word name, the first word being the name of its genus. Thus, the genus Equus includes the horse （Equus caballus） and the mountain zebra （Equus zebra）. But since broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage actually all belong to the same species （Brassica oleracea）, they each need a third name to distinguish themselves. ignominious 1、 Marked with shame or disgrace; dishonorable.
2、 Humiliating or degrading.
🌱If Attila the Hun was truly murdered by his bride on their wedding night, it was a most ignominious death for a warrior. 🌳The Latin nomen could mean both "name" and "good reputation," and even today we can say that someone who has been disgraced has "lost his good name." With its negative prefix ig-, ignominious indicates the "namelessness" that goes with shame or dishonor. A person who suffers an ignominious fate may die nameless and forgotten. In the former Soviet Union, party leaders who fell out of favor, even if they avoided being imprisoned or executed, became nonpersons. Their names were removed from official records and history books and they were treated as if they had never existed. misnomer A wrong name, or the use of a wrong name.
🌱Calling the native peoples of the western hemisphere "Indians" was one of the great misnomers in recorded history. 🌳Historians have long noted that the Holy Roman Empire in its later years was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on nearby Breed's Hill. And the famous Woodstock Festival was actually held in the town of Bethel. But misnomers aren't limited to history. The Pennsylvania Dutch are actually of German ancestry. Koala bears aren't bears—they're marsupials. And in the world of food, the Rocky Mountain oyster, as diners have sometimes discovered too late, aren't really oysters.