node
See also: NODE
English
Etymology
From Middle English node, borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knot, knout, and nodus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊd
Noun
node (plural nodes)
- A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- (astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
- (botany) A leaf node.
- (networking) A computer or other device attached to a network.
- (engineering) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot.
- (geometry) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.
- (geometry) A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
- (graph theory) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
- (medicine) 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.
- (physics) A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
- (rare) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
- (technical) A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, 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.
- (computational linguistics) The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
- (electronics) A region of an electric circuit connected only by (ideal) wires (i.e the voltage between any two points on the same node must be zero).
Synonyms
- (computer networking): host
- (graph theory): vertex
Derived terms
- acnode
- antinode
- crunode
- end-node
- exit node
- hardware node
- leaf-node
- tacnode
Related terms
- knot
- nodal
- noded
- nodule
Descendants
- → Irish: nód
Translations
knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
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astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
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joint of a plant stem
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computer attached to a network
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engineering: point at which the lines of a funicular meet
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geometry: point at which a curve crosses itself
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vertex of a graph of a network
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medicine: concretion or incrustation upon bones
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physics: point along a standing wave
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knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work
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technical: hole in the gnomon of a sundial
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linguistics: word of interest in a KWIC
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Translations to be checked
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See also
- neurode
References
- node on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Deno, Deon, Done, Endo, done, endo, endo-, oden, onde, oned
Danish
Noun
node c (singular definite noden, plural indefinite noder)
- (music) note
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
node
- (archaic) Dative singular form of nood
Japanese
Romanization
node
- Rōmaji transcription of ので
Latin
Noun
nōde
- vocative singular of nōdus
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knotte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔːd(ə)/
Noun
node (plural nodez)
- (medicine, Late Middle English) lump, swelling
- (rare, Late Middle English) knot, tie
Descendants
- English: node
- → Irish: nód
References
- “nōde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Latin nodus (“knot”). Akin to English node.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²nuː.də/
Noun
node m (definite singular noden, indefinite plural nodar, definite plural nodane)
- a node
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hnoða.
Alternative forms
- noda
Noun
node n (definite singular nodet, indefinite plural node, definite plural noda)
- Synonym of nyste
Verb
node (present tense noder, past tense nodde, past participle nodd/nodt, passive infinitive nodast, present participle nodande, imperative nod)
- Synonym of neia
References
- “node” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.