Chapter Nocturnal to Nolt of N by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

of a joint. Dunglison. (h) (Mus) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point. (i) (Zoöl.) A swelling.

Ascending node (Astron.), the node at which the body is passing northerly, marked with the symbol &astascending, called the Dragon's head. Called also northern node. — Descending node, the node at which the body is moving southwardly, marked thus &astdescending, called Dragon's tail. — Line of nodes, a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit.

Nodical
(Nod"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.

Nodical month. See Lunar month, under Month.

Nodosarine
(No`do*sa"rine) a. (Zoöl.) Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria. — n. (Zoöl.) A foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or of an allied genus.

Nodose
(No*dose") a. [L. nodosus, fr. nodus knot.]

1. Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.

2. (Zoöl.) Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints enlarged, as the antennæ of certain insects.

Nodosity
(No*dos"i*ty) n. [L. nodositas.]

1. The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness. Holland.

2. A knot; a node.

Nodosous
(No*do"sous No"dous) , a. Nodose; knotty; knotted. [Obs.]

Nodular
(Nod"u*lar) a. [Cf. F. nodulaire.] Of, pertaining to, or in the form of, a nodule or knot.

Nodule
(Nod"ule) n. [L. nodulus, dim. of nodus knot: cf. F. nodule.] A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

Noduled
(Nod"uled) a. Having little knots or lumps.

Nodulose
(Nod"u*lose` Nod"u*lous) a. (Biol.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.

Noel
(No"el) n. [F. noël, L. natalis birthday, fr. natalis natal. See Natal.] Same as Nowel.

Noematachograph
(No*e`ma*tach"o*graph) n. [Gr. the understanding + swiftness + -graph.] An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. Dunglison.

Noematic
(No`e*mat"ic No`e*mat"ic*al) a. Noetic.]—> Of or pertaining to the understanding. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Noemics
(No*e"mics) n. [Gr. the understanding. See Noetic.] The science of the understanding; intellectual science.

Noetian
(No*e"tian) n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century. He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Noetic
(No*et"ic No*et"ic*al) a. [Gr. fr. to perceive, mind, intellect.] Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.

I would employ the word noetic to express all those cognitions which originate in the mind itself.

Sir W. Hamilton.