node, client, guest
(noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
node
(noun) any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
node
(noun) (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
node
(noun) (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
node, leaf node
(noun) (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
node, knob, thickening
(noun) any thickened enlargement
node
(noun) a connecting point at which several lines come together
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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; — called also 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.
• (computer networking): host
• (graph theory): vertex
• Deno, Deon, Done, Endo, done, endo, endo-, oden, onde, oned
NODE
Acronym of New Oxford Dictionary of English.
• Deno, Deon, Done, Endo, done, endo, endo-, oden, onde, oned
Source: Wiktionary
Node, n. Etym: [L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot. Cf. Noose, Nowed.]
1. A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
2. Specifically: (a) (Astron.) 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) (Bot.) 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) (Geom.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode. (e) (Mech.) 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) (Med.) 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. (h) (Mus) 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) (Zoöl.) A swelling. Ascending node (Astron.), the node at which the body is passing northerly, marked with the symbol &astascending;, called the Dragon's head. Called also northern node.
– Descending node, the node at which the body is moving southwardly, marked thus &astdescending;, called Dragon's tail.
– Line of nodes, a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
