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node

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English

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This circuit contains three nodes (sense 14).

Etymology

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

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Noun

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node (plural nodes )

  1. A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
  2. (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 .
  3. (botany ) A leaf node.
  4. (networking ) A computer or other device attached to a network.
  5. (engineering ) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions.
    Synonym: knot
  6. (geometry ) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode .
  7. (geometry ) A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
  8. (graph theory ) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
  9. (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.
  10. (physics ) A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
  11. (rare ) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
  12. (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, its place in the ecliptic, etc.
  13. (computational linguistics ) The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
  14. (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).
  15. (syntax) A point in a parse tree that can be assigned a syntactic category label.
  16. (biology ) A point in a cladogram from which two clades branch, representing the presumed ancestor.

Synonyms

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  • (computer networking): host
  • (graph theory): vertex

Derived terms

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Translations

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knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
joint of a plant stem
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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Catalan

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Noun

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node f (plural nodes )

  1. (geometry , astronomy , physics , networking ) node
  2. (medicine ) node , nodule

Danish

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Noun

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node c (singular definite noden , plural indefinite noder )

  1. (music ) note

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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node

  1. (archaic ) dative singular of nood

Japanese

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Romanization

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node

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ので

Latin

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Noun

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nōde

  1. vocative singular of nōdus

Middle English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin nōdus . Doublet of knotte .

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Noun

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node (plural nodez )

  1. (medicine , Late Middle English ) lump, swelling
  2. (rare , Late Middle English ) knot, tie

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Latin nodus ("knot"). Akin to English node .

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Noun

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node m (definite singular noden , indefinite plural nodar , definite plural nodane )

  1. a node

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse hnoða .

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Noun

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node n (definite singular nodet , indefinite plural node, definite plural noda )

  1. synonym of nyste

Etymology 3

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Verb

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node (present tense noder , past tense nodde , past participle nodt/nodd , passive infinitive nodast , present participle nodande , imperative nod )

  1. synonym of neia

References

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  • "node" in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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