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nodal point
noun
, Optics.
- either of two points on the axis of a lens or other optical system, determined by extending an incident oblique ray and the corresponding refracted ray to the axis for the pair of rays that are parallel outside the optical system.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nodal point1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
At each nodal-point of the hexagon arises one short conical papilla or thorn.
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At each nodal-point arises a bristle-shaped radial spine, about as long as the radius.
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Often each nodal-point of the network develops on the shell surface one spine.
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At each nodal-point of the hexagon arises a short bristle-shaped, simple by-spine.
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At each nodal-point of the outer shell arises a bristle-shaped radial spine, half as long as the radius.
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