Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or situated on an internode, as a flower-stalk proceeding from the intermediate space of a branch between two leaves.
- Constituting or including an internode, as the space between two nodes or joints in a plant or an animal.
- Lying between (and usually alternate with) the nodal joints: applied to joints or segments comprising the column of the Crinoidea (those bearing no lateral appendages or cirri).
- noun An internodal joint.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an
internode . - adjective Situated or acting between
nodes .
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Examples
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This car is all about high-speed, internodal executive transport—big, comfortable getting there, with pace and purpose.
BMW 640i: For the All-Business Person Dan Neil 2011
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Still, if your driving cycle involves a lot of internodal transit, the 500 is not for you.
For the Cheerleader in Everyone Dan Neil 2011
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Dan Neil / The Wall Street Journal This car is all about high-speed, internodal executive transport—big, comfortable getting there, with pace and purpose.
BMW 640i 2011
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These movements are best seen, however, in forms like _Nitella_, where the long internodal cells are not covered with a cortex.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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As the stem grows, a covering is formed over the large internodal cell (_y_) by the growth of cells from the nodes.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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The portion of nerve fiber between two nodes is called an internodal segment.
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Leaves and staminate flowers in internodal position, the primary leaves along the whole length of the internode, subtending secondary leaf-fascicles on the apical, staminate flowers on the basal part.
The Genus Pinus George Russell Shaw 1892
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One tree, as a rule, yields enough sap to fill three internodal segments of bamboo, each 50 cm. long by 3-5 cm. in diameter.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Massive incorporates naturally occurring gibberellins designed to increase internodal spacing allowing more room for the flower to mature and swell to its full potential.
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Massive incorporates naturally occurring gibberellins designed to increase internodal spacing allowing more room for the flower to mature and swell to its full potential.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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