noun
- plural of nodosity; the quality or state of being knotty, lumpy, or having nodes or knots
- plural of nodosity; knots, lumps, or nodes themselves; protuberances or swellings
Usage: formal; technical
Usage: formal; technical
Examples
- The wood's nodosities made it difficult to plane smooth.
- The artist examined the nodosities on the ancient tree trunk.
- Arthritis caused nodosities to form on her knuckles.
- The rope's nodosities caught on the pulley.
- Geologists studied the nodosities in the rock formation.