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nodal
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See also: Nodal
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnəʊdəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -əʊdəl
Adjective
nodal (not comparable)
- Of the nature of, or relating to, a node.
- 1980, Roger Moody, Indecent Assault:
- If the sexual component [in a prosecutorial case] cannot be construed, it must be constructed. It is the nodal point of the prosecutor's comprehension. Up to that point, everything […] may perplex or disturb. But once the sexuality has been imputed, everything that seemed normal can now be made abnormal and perverse.
- 2023, Dimitris Krallis, “A New Look At Zonaras”, in Histos, volume 17:
- Chapter 4 is nodal to the book, not simply because it stands at its very middle. It engages with Kaiserkritik but also it connects the previous chapter’s discussion of working method and sources to what follows in Chapter 5, where Zonaras’ interest in Roman antiquity is discussed in greater detail.
- 2025 August 6, David Stubbings, “Network News: Options sought for more trains to London Gateway”, in RAIL, number 1041, page 10:
- Freightliner has advocated the long-planned development of Ripple Lane as a nodal yard. Its redevelopment, to accommodate roads up to 700 metres long, was listed in the London Freight Strategy of 2022 but hasn't gone beyond the drawing board.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the nodus.
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French
Adjective
nodal (feminine nodale, masculine plural nodaux, feminine plural nodales)
Further reading
- “nodal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Livonian
Alternative forms
- (Courland) nodāl
Etymology
From a Germanic language, compare Proto-West Germanic *natilā.
Noun
nodal
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
nodal m or f (plural nodais, not comparable)
- nodal (relating to nodes)
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Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
nodal m or n (feminine singular nodală, masculine plural nodali, feminine and neuter plural nodale)
Declension
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
nodal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nodales)
Further reading
- “nodal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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