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In aeronautics it means, roughly, 'within acceptable tolerances', or, in other words, 'as expected'. For a good analysis of this sense of the meaning, see this
by niftich 9y ago
In aeronautics it means, roughly, 'within acceptable tolerances', or, in other words, 'as expected'. For a good analysis of this sense of the meaning, see this StackExchange answer [1] to this question.
[1] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/184876/how-did-nominal-come-to-mean-within-acceptable-tolerances/189686#189686 https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/184876/how-did-n...
- plaidfuji 9y agoYup, found that. Makes sense now. Still think my coworkers are using it incorrectly. Probably has something to do with the fact that our boss uses it frequently as well.
- niftich 9y agoFWIW, what your coworkers are doing is one of the ways that language slowly changes. By them misunderstanding the true meaning of the word and applying it in a slightly different, but distinct sense, the word is undergoing semantic drift [1] in their circles. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change