Definitions for the word "node" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A hole in the gnomon of a dial, 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A swelling.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
1 a part of a plant stem from which leaves emerge. B knob on a root or branch. 2 natural swelling. 3 either of two points at which a planet''s orbit intersects the plane of the ecliptic or the celestial equator. 4 point of minimum disturbance in a standing wave system. 5 point at which a curve intersects itself. 6 component in a computer network. nodal adj. [latin nodus knot]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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