nodal

See also: Nodal

English

Etymology

From node +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊdəl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊdəl

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• antenodal
• atrionodal
• binodal
• conodal
• dianodal
• enodal
• extranodal
• heminodal
• infranodal
• internodal
• intranodal
• multinodal
• nodal analysis
• nodal fever
• nodalise
• nodalize
• nodally
• paranodal
• perinodal
• polynodal
• postnodal
• prenodal
• quadrinodal
• subnodal
• trinodal
• uninodal

Translations

Relating to a node

• Czech: uzlový, nodální
• French: nodal (fr)
• Italian: nodale (it)
• Portuguese: nodal
• Spanish: nodal

Anagrams

• Ndola, Dolan, Lando, Öland, Ladon

French

Adjective

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

1. nodal

Further reading

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

Livonian

Noun

nodal

1. Salaca form of nodāl (“nettle”)

References

• 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.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /noˈdaw/ [noˈdaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈdal/ [nuˈðaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈdal/ [nuˈðaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈda.li/ [nuˈða.li]

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

Adjective

nodal m or f (plural nodais, not comparable)

1. nodal (relating to nodes)

Further reading

• “nodal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nodal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nodal.

Adjective

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

1. nodal

Declension

Declension of nodal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	nodal		nodală	nodali	nodale
	definite	nodalul		nodala	nodalii	nodalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	nodal		nodale	nodali	nodale
	definite	nodalului		nodalei	nodalilor	nodalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

nodal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nodales)

1. nodal

Further reading

• “nodal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025