Node

Meaning

Noun

●

A

,

,

or swelling.

●

In Astronomy:

The point where the

of a

, as

from the Sun,

the

. The

and

descending nodes

to the

where the

from South to North and N to S; their

are ☊ and ☋.

●

In Botany:

A

node.

●

In Networking:

A

or other

to a network.

●

In Engineering:

The point at which the

of a

from different

; — called also knot.

●

In Geometry:

The point at which a

itself, being a

of the

. See

and acnode.

●

In Geometry:

A

point on a

, where there is more than one tangent-plane.

●

In Graph theory:

A

or a

in a

of a network, or other

in a

structure.

●

In Medicine:

A

or

which

upon

with

,

, or

; sometimes also, a

in the neighborhood of

a joint.

●

In Physics:

A point along a

where the

has

amplitude.

●

The

,

, or

of a

work.

●

A

in the

of a

, through which

the

which

the

of

, the

of the Sun's

, his place in the

, etc.

●

In Computational linguistics:

The

in a KWIC,

by

cotexts.

●

In Electronics:

A

of an

electric circuit

only by (ideal)

(i.e the

between any

on the same

must be zero).

Name

●

Acronym of New Oxford Dictionary of English.

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Origin

node

English

nodus

Latin

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