Meaning

16 senses
  1. A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.

    утолще́ниеutolščénije, наро́стnaróst

  2. 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 ☋.

    то́чка пересече́ния орби́тtóčka peresečénija orbít, у́зелúzel

    то́чка перети́ну орбі́тtóčka peretýnu orbít

  3. A leaf node.

    у́зелúzel

    ву́золvúzol

  4. A computer or other device attached to a network.

    у́зелúzel

    ву́золvúzol

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

  5. The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions.

    a connecting point at which several lines come together

  6. The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.

    (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane

  7. A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.

  8. A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.

    Knoten, Ecke

    верши́наveršína, у́зелúzel

    верши́наveršýna

  9. 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.

  10. A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.

  11. (rare)The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.

    интри́гаintríga

  12. 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, its place in the ecliptic, etc.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Our team captured the forward node.

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  2. You have a cold and your lymph nodes are swollen.

    ruУ тебя простуда, и твои лимфатические узлы увеличены.

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  3. Ziri chopped the vine off close to the leaf node.

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  4. Swollen lymph nodes are usually found near the site of an infection, tumour, or inflammation.

    ruУвеличенные лимфатические узлы обычно обнаруживаются около очага инфекции, опухоли или воспаления.

    deGeschwollene Lymphknoten finden sich üblicherweise in der Nähe einer Infektionsstelle, einer Geschwulst oder einer Entzündung.

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  5. Scientists created a natural pacemaker in experiments with pigs with a malfunctioning sinoatrial node, which regulates heartbeat.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic:
joint of a plant stem:
vertex of a graph of a network:
Русский
By meaning 4
knot, knob, protuberance or swelling:
astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic:
vertex of a graph of a network:
knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
vertex of a graph of a network:

Origin

From Middle English node, borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knot, knout, and nodus.

From Middle English node, borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knot, knout, and nodus.

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Forms

plural: nodes
Singularnode
Pluralnodes

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network:clientguest
  • (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge:leaf node
  • any thickened enlargement:knobthickening
  • the source of lymph and lymphocytes:lymph nodelymph gland

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

46 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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