nodal

From node +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊdəl/

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• Rhymes: -əʊdəl

nodal (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the nodus.

• Ndola, Dolan, Lando, Öland, Ladon

nodal (feminine nodale, masculine plural nodaux, feminine plural nodales)

1. nodal

• “nodal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

nodal

1. Salaca form of nodāl (“nettle”)

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

From nodo (“node”) +‎ -al (“of or relating to”).

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: no‧dal

nodal m or f (plural nodais, not comparable)

1. nodal (relating to nodes)

Borrowed from French nodal.

nodal m or n (feminine singular nodală, masculine plural nodali, feminine and neuter plural nodale)

1. nodal

• IPA^(key): /noˈdal/ [noˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: no‧dal

nodal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nodales)

1. nodal

• “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