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nodal points

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nodal points [′nōd·əl ‚pȯins]
(electricity)
Junction points in a transmission system; the automatic switches and switching centers are the nodal points in automated systems.
(oceanography)
The no-tide points in amphidromic regions.
(optics)
A pair of points on the axis of an optical system such that an incident ray passing through one of them results in a parallel emergent ray passing through the other.


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In reality this is a placemaking approach which addresses key nodal points.
Any of six reference points in the eye: the anterior focal point, posterior focal point, two principal points, and two nodal points.
The communications network, of which the satellites will be nodal points, will enable the consciousness of our grandchildren to flicker like lightning back and forth across the face of the planet.
 
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