noun
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A fake company used as a front in espionage.
adjective
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Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
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Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
example
This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture.
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Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
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Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
Examples of notional in a Sentence
On one side, pure science leads us away from nature toward a notional, almost metaphysical realm of particles.
The fact that we're still officially in Tokyo already seems purely notional.
Second, the vertical issues raised by third parties were largely notional.
The zones are simply notional to reflect general levels of concern.
Appeal panels are not bound by precedent or by any notional percentage of appeals which they must uphold in parents' favor.
Chapter 1 introduces the ' ' notional category of epistemic modality ' ' .