{ No*do"sous (?), No"dous (?) }, a. Nodose; knotty; knotted. [Obs.]
Nod"u*lar (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. nodulaire.] Of, pertaining to, or in the
form of, a nodule or knot.
Nod"ule (?), n. [L. nodulus, dim. of nodus knot: cf. F. nodule.] A
rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.
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Nod"uled (?), a. Having little knots or lumps.
{ Nod"u*lose` (?), Nod"u*lous (?), } a. (Biol.) Having small nodes or
knots; diminutively nodose.
No"el (?), n. [F. noël, L. natalis birthday, fr. natalis natal. See
Natal.] Same as Nowel.
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.
{ No`e*mat"ic (?), No`e*mat"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?; the understanding.
See Noetic.] Of or pertaining to the understanding. [Obs.] Cudworth.
No*e"mics (?), n. [Gr. &?; the understanding. See Noetic.] The science
of the understanding; intellectual science.
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.
{ 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.