node /nōd/ noun- A knot
- A knob or lump
- A swelling
- A place, often swollen, where a leaf is attached to a stem
- A point of intersection of two great circles of the celestial sphere, esp the orbit of a planet or the moon and the ecliptic (astronomy)
- A point at which a curve cuts itself, and through which more than one tangent to the curve can be drawn (geometry)
- A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane (geometry)
- A point of minimum displacement in a system of stationary waves (physics)
- The point in an electrical network where two or more conductors are connected (elec eng)
- A point of intersection or junction in any branching system
- A complication in a story (figurative)
- A nodus
- A processing location, esp one attached to the Net (computing)
ORIGIN: L nōdus knot; dimin nōdulus nōˈdal adjective Of or like a node or nodes nōdalˈity noun - Knottedness
- The state of being nodal
nōdˈalize or nōdˈalise transitive verb To make nodal nōˈdally adverb nōdˈāted adjective Knotted nōdāˈtion noun - Knottiness
- A knotty place
nodical /nōdˈ or nodˈ/ adjective - Relating to the nodes of a celestial body
- From a node round to the same node again
nodose /nōd-ōsˈ or nōdˈōs/ adjective - Having nodes, knots or swellings
- Knotty
nodosity /nō-dosˈi-ti/ noun - Knottiness
- A knotty swelling
nōdˈous adjective Knotty nodular /nodˈū-lər/ adjective - Of or like a nodule
- In the form of nodules
- Having nodules or little knots
nodˈūlāted adjective Having nodules nodūlāˈtion noun nodˈūle noun - A little rounded lump or swelling
- A swelling on a root inhabited by symbiotic bacteria (botany)
- A nodus
nodˈūled adjective nodˈūlose or nodˈūlous adjective nōdˈus noun (pl nōdˈi /-ī/) (Latin) - A knotty point, difficulty, complication
- A knotlike mass of tissue or cells, swelling or knoblike protuberance (anatomy)
- A swelling at the junction of nervures in an insect's wing
node of Ranvier /rãˈvē-ā/ noun A gap in the myelin sheath of a nerve fibre, named after LA Ranvier (1835–1922), French physician |