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They sure like the word "Nominal"... :)
by bond 14y ago
They sure like the word "Nominal"... :)
- ndcrandall 14y agoNominal and Anomaly sound way too similar. I got nervous everytime they said Nominal thinking there was an anomaly! Congrats to SpaceX for a successful launch!
- mkramlich 14y agoI had the same thought about nominal vs anomaly. When the word for a good thing is so close to the word for a bad thing, that's bad. Perhaps they have a standard where they've banned the speaking of "anomaly" on all operations audio channels. I'd ban it.
- jonah 14y agoYes they do! :)
- jmcqk6 14y agoI was wondering what they actually mean by "nominal." According to the dictionaries I can find it means something like "in name only" which doesn't seem appropriate to the context.
- Radix 14y agoMe too. Look at definition 5 at Merriam Websters [1]. I think that definition must be related to definition 3 something is insignificant if it is approximately in line with expectations. [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nominal http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nominal