Meaning & use

Nodal

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Relating to, forming, or resembling a node, especially a central or critical point in a network or system.

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The airport serves as a nodal point connecting flights across the region.

Doctors checked for nodal involvement to see if the cancer had spread to nearby lymph nodes.

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"Nodal" is used across many fields, from medicine (lymph nodes) to mathematics, physics, and network theory, wherever the concept of a "node" applies.

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