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comparative more nasal, superlative most nasal
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion. quotations examples
Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 98
(phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng. examples
(phonetics) Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage. quotations examples
"Are you sure you're OK?" she said with a nasal Australian accent.
2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 2
(music) Sharp, penetrating. examples
plural nasals
(medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
(phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal consonant. examples
(phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal vowel. examples
(historical) The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard. quotations
The nasal continued in use until about 1140, when it was generally discarded, but isolated examples may be found in every succeeding century down to the seventeenth.
1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 78
Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose.
1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam Books, published 2011, page 463
(anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal bone. examples
(zootomy) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc. examples