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nodal

American

[nohd-l] / ˈnoʊd l /

adjective

pertaining to or of the nature of a node.

nodal British

/ ˈnəʊdəl /

adjective

of or like a node

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Other Word Forms

multinodal adjective
nodality noun
nodally adverb
postnodal adjective

Etymology

Origin of nodal

First recorded in 1825–35; node + -al ¹

Example Sentences

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"Initiatives have to come from the government. A single entity or a nodal ministry has to take this forward if we want to reach a goal of being the hub by 2030," he says.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2022

And the firms must also appoint nodal officers and have better checks on user data.

From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2022

“We are approaching a peak of the lunar nodal cycle, in which the difference between the high and low tides will be larger than it is at other times,” he told KUOW.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2022

“I think it taps into a large nodal point of vigilante justice or a kind of frontier mentality.”

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2015

The early Egyptian goddess was identified with the uræus-serpent in that vitally important nodal point of primitive civilization, Buto, in Lower Egypt.

From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot

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