nodular
English
Etymology
nodule + -ar
Adjective
nodular (comparative more nodular, superlative most nodular)
- Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.
- Possessing, composed of, or similar in form to nodules.
- Loose nodular deposits of gold metal are commonly referred to as nuggets.
- The disease causes nodular black growths that may become pustular.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 6:
- The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings […] ; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]
Translations
of or relating to a nodule or modules
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similar in form to a nodule
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noduˈlaɾ/ [no.ð̞uˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: no‧du‧lar
Adjective
nodular (plural nodulares)
- nodular
Further reading
- “nodular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014