nodularadj.
/ˈnɒdjᵿlə/, /ˈnɒdʒᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈnɑdʒələr/, /ˈnɑdjələr/ 1. Mineralogy and Geology. Having the form of a nodule; occurring as nodules.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [adjective] > types of deposit
veined1785
nodular1794
vein1822
wandering1886
warped1886
hypothermal1906
supergene1914
mesothermal1922
podiform1928
xenothermal1935
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [adjective] > concretionary or modular
noduled1791
nodular1794
globuliferous1863
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 6 Nor will I say, that they were originally created in nodular forms.
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 270 Found massive,..very rarely specular, or Botryoidal, or nodular.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 239 The structure of the limestone is often nodular or concretionary.
1878 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. xi. 160 Layers and nodular masses of gypsum.
1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky i. v. 72 The troilite occurs in granular irregular forms diffused through the iron, or in nodular masses admixed with carbon.
1972 Sci. Amer. Dec. 29/3 Certain types of ancient rock formation are practically identical with the sabkha sediments; both are characterized by the presence of nodular anhydrite.
1991 R. Goldring Fossils in Field iv. 69 Nodular stromatolites (oncolites) are distinguished by their irregular lamination around a shell or lithic clast.
2. Chiefly Medicine. Of the nature of a nodule; having, or characterized by the presence of, many nodules.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > zoophyte > [adjective] > having growths
nodular1829
verruciferous1846
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [adjective]
swollenc1325
bolnedc1380
botchya1398
tumid?1541
tumefied1597
tumefacted1598
proud1607
tumoured1635
hobbeda1722
swelled1733
all of a lump1738
jogged1746
nodular1872
youstered1894
micronodular1960
macronodular1967
1829 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 119 77 The calculus of oxalate of lime, has been generally designated as the mulberry calculus... Its texture is generally tuberculated, or nodular.
1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 205 The surface of implantation at the basilary apophysis remained unequal and nodular.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. 394 The essential element in nodular leprosy is the leproma.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxix. 781 The external surface of the organ is nodular.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 22 July 166/1 His chest film showed..nodular lesions in the superior segment of the right lower lobe.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. lxxxvi. 482 Primary mast cell tumors occur mainly in aged cats as segmental nodular thickening involving the small bowel.
3. Metallurgy. Of cast iron: containing all the graphite in the form of small spheroids rather than flakes, which results in increased strength and ductility and can be brought about by adding a suitable inoculant; = spheroidal adj. 2c.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [adjective] > made of cast iron > types of cast iron
chilled1831
black heart1872
white-heart1911
spheroidal1920
nodular1947
1947 Machinery 70 420/1 (heading) Nodular cast iron.
1950 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 166 260/1 D. J. Reese gave some details of the production and properties of nodular cast iron produced in the U.S.A., using the technique of magnesium inoculation.
1967 A. H. Cottrell Introd. Metall. xxv. 520 In nodular cast irons the structure is developed directly, in an as-cast grey iron, by adding a small amount of magnesium or cerium alloy to the metal in the ladle.
1998 Automotive Engineer Mar. 82/1 (advt.) Eurocast Bar Ltd is Europe's largest producer of Meehanite continuously cast bar in grey, nodular and low alloyed irons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1794