node

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

2. 2noun

   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.

3. 3noun

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

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5noun

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

6. 6noun

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

7. 7noun

   The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.

8. 8noun

   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.

9. 9noun

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

10. 10noun

    A swelling.

11. 11noun

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

    Synonyms

    clientguest
12. 12noun

    any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part

13. 13noun

    the source of lymph and lymphocytes

14. 14noun

    (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane

15. 15noun

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

16. 16noun

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

17. 17noun

    any thickened enlargement

    Synonyms

    knobthickening
18. 18noun

    a connecting point at which several lines come together