Node

[nəʊd] or [nod]

Definition

(noun.) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network.

(noun.) any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part.

(noun.) (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane.

(noun.) (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system.

(noun.) (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge.

(noun.) any thickened enlargement.

(noun.) a connecting point at which several lines come together.

Edited by Laurence--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

(n.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary.

(n.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.

(n.) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.

(n.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.

(n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.

(n.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.

(n.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.

(n.) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.

(n.) A swelling.

Typed by Belinda

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Knot, knob, protuberance, swelling, lump, prominence, process, excrescence, nodule.

Typed by Annette

Definition

n. a knot: a knob: a knot or entanglement: (astron.) one of the two points in which the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic: (bot.) the joint of a stem: the plot of a piece in poetry: (math.) a point at which a curve cuts itself and through which more than one tangent to the curve can be drawn: a similar point on a surface where there is more than one tangent-plane.—adjs. Nod′al pertaining to nodes; Nodāt′ed knotted.—ns. Nodā′tion the act of making knots: the state of being knotted; Node′-coup′le a pair of points on a surface at which one plane is tangent; Node′-cusp a peculiar kind of curve formed by the union of a node a cusp an inflection and a bitangent.—adjs. Nod′ical pertaining to the nodes: from a node round to the same node again; Nodif′erous (bot.) bearing nodes; Nō′diform; Nod′ose full of knots: having knots or swelling joints: knotty.—n. Nodos′ity.—adjs. Nod′ular of or like a nodule; Nod′ulāted having nodules.—ns. Nod′ule Nod′ulus a little knot: a small lump.—adjs. Nod′uled having nodules or little knots or lumps; Nodulif′erous; Nod′uliform; Nod′ulose Nod′ulous (bot.) having nodules or small knots: knotty.—ns. Nod′ulus:—pl. Nod′ulī; Nō′dus:—pl. Nō′dī.

Typist: Rosanna