node
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (8)nodes
- a connecting point at which several lines come togetherType of connection, connexion
- any thickened enlargementSynonyms: knobthickeningType of convex shape, convexity
- (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emergeSynonyms: leaf nodeType of plant process, enationPart of stalk, stem
- (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic systemOpposite antinodeType of point
- (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a planeType of celestial pointKinds ascending node, descending node
- the source of lymph and lymphocytesSynonyms: lymph nodelymph glandType of lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissueKinds axillary node, Peyer's patch, buboPart of immune system, circulatory system
- any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer networkSynonyms: clientguest
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Translations
Noun vertex of a graph of a network
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot. Cf. Noose, Nowed.
1. A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
2. Specifically: (a) Astronomy 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. (b) Botany The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted. (c) Dialing 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. (d) Geometry The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode. (e) Mechanics The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot. W. R. Johnson. (f) Poet. The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece. (g) 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. Dunglison, Robley (h) Music One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point. (i) Zoology A swelling.
3. Math., Computers A special point in a graph or diagram which is attached to other points by links. It is often labeled and represented graphically as a box or circle. A node may represent any object which is related to other objects in a conceptual structure that can be represented as a graph, the relations being represented as links between the nodes.
4. Anatomy A small mass of tissue differing from other tissue in its immediate vicinity; as, a lymph node.
Ascending node Astronomy, the node at which the body is passing northerly, marked with the symbol ⁂, called the Dragon's head. Called also northern node. — Descending node, the node at which the body is moving southwardly, marked thus ⁂, called Dragon's tail. — Line of nodes, a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
1.A point or vertex in a graph.
2.network node.
3.A hypertext document.