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Nodular definition

Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.
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Possessing, comprised 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.

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Origin of nodular

  • nodule +‎ -ar

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Nodular Sentence Examples

  • A series of black shales with nodular limestones, the Pendleside series, rests upon the Mountain Limestone on the east, south and north-west; much of the upper course of the Derwent has been cut through these soft beds.

  • The Coal Measures, forming the third great member of the Carboniferous series, consist of alternations of shales and sandstones, with beds of coal and nodular ironstones, which together make up a thickness of many thousands of feet - from 12,000 to 14,000 ft.

  • The commonest state of aggregation is that of radially arranged fibres, the external surface of the mass being globular, nodular or stalactitic in form.

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