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English
This circuit contains three nodes (sense 14).
Etymology
From Middle English node , borrowed from Latin nōdus . Doublet of knot , knout , and nodus .
Pronunciation
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.
Synonym: 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).
( syntax ) A point in a parse tree that can be assigned a syntactic category label.
( biology ) A point in a cladogram from which two clades branch, representing the presumed ancestor.
Synonyms
( computer networking ) : host
( graph theory ) : vertex
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Translations
knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
computer attached to a network
engineering: point at which the lines of a funicular meet
geometry: point at which a curve crosses itself
vertex of a graph of a network
medicine: concretion or incrustation upon bones
physics: point along a standing wave
knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work
technical: hole in the gnomon of a sundial
linguistics: word of interest in a KWIC
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Pronunciation
Noun
node f (plural nodes )
( geometry , astronomy , physics , networking ) node
( medicine ) node , nodule
Danish
Noun
node c (singular definite noden , plural indefinite noder )
( music ) note
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
node
( archaic ) dative singular 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
Noun
node (plural nodez )
( medicine , Late Middle English ) lump , swelling
( rare , Late Middle English ) knot , tie
Descendants
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Latin nodus ( “ knot ” ) . Akin to English node .
Pronunciation
Noun
node m (definite singular noden , indefinite plural nodar , definite plural nodane )
a node
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hnoða .
Noun
node n (definite singular nodet , indefinite plural node , definite plural noda )
Synonym of nyste
Etymology 3
Verb
node (present tense noder , past tense nodde , past participle nodt /nodd , passive infinitive nodast , present participle nodande , imperative nod )
Synonym of neia
References
“node” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .