node

See also:NODE

English

This circuit contains three nodes (sense 14).

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishnode,borrowed fromLatinnōdus.Doubletofknot,knout,andnodus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/nəʊd/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/noʊd/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-əʊd

Noun

node(pluralnodes)

1. Aknot,knob,protuberanceorswelling.
2. (astronomy)The point where theorbitof aplanet,as viewed from theSun,intersects theecliptic.Theascendinganddescendingnodes refer respectively to thepointswhere the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are☊and☋.
3. (botany)Aleaf node.
4. (networking)Acomputeror other device attached to anetwork.
5. (engineering)The point at which the lines of afunicularmachine meet from different angular directions.

   Synonym:knot

6. (geometry)Thepointat which acurvecrossesitself, being adouble pointof the curve. Seecrunodeandacnode.
7. (geometry)A similar point on asurface,where there is more than one tangent-plane.
9. (graph theory)Avertexor aleafin agraphof anetwork,or other element in adata structure.
10. (medicine)A hardconcretionorincrustationwhich forms upon bones attacked withrheumatism,gout,orsyphilis;sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
11. (physics)A point along astanding wavewhere the wave has minimalamplitude.
12. (rare)The knot,intrigue,orplotof a dramatic work.
13. (technical)A hole in thegnomonof asundial,through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, theparallelsof the Sun'sdeclination,his place in theecliptic,etc.
15. (computational linguistics)Thewordof interest in aKWIC,surrounded by left and rightcotexts.
16. (electronics)A region of anelectriccircuitconnected only by (ideal)wires(i.e thevoltagebetween any two points on the same node must be zero).

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• acnode
• antinode
• anti-node
• ascending node
• AV node
• Cloquet's node
• crunode
• descending node
• end-node
• exit node
• hardware node
• Heberden's node
• leaf-node
• lymphatic node
• lymph node
• node of Ranvier
• node of Rouvière
• node-voltage analysis
• Osler node
• Ranvier's node
• SA node
• S-A node
• sinoatrial node
• sinus node
• stem node
• tacnode
• tidal node
• Virchow's node

Related terms

• knot
• nodal
• noded
• nodule

Descendants

• →Irish:nód

Translations

knot, knob, protuberance or swelling

• Bulgarian:възел(bg)m(vǎzel),удебелениеn(udebelenie)
• Catalan:nus(ca)m,nuc(ca)m
• Finnish:patti(fi),kyhmy(fi)
• Maori:tīpona
• Spanish:nudo(es)m

astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:please add this translation if you can

• Finnish:solmu(fi)
• Greek:κόμβος(el)m(kómvos)
• Irish:nódm
• Japanese:ノード(ja)(nōdo)
• Khmer:ថ្នាំង(km)(thnang),ថ្នាំងដែល(thnang del)
• Persian:گره(fa)(gereh),عقده(fa)(oqde)
• Polish:węzeł(pl)m
• Russian:то́чкапересече́нияорби́тf(tóčka peresečénija orbít)
• Spanish:nodo(es)m
• Tajik:гиреҳ(gireh)
• Ukrainian:то́чкаперети́нуорбі́тf(tóčka peretýnu orbít)

joint of a plant stem

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tiết điểm／Tiết điểm(zh)(jiédiǎn)

• Finnish:solmu(fi)
• Greek:κόμβος(el)m(kómvos)
• Indonesian:nodus(id)
• Irish:nódm
• Japanese:ノード(ja)(nōdo)
• Latvian:mezgls(lv)m
• Polish:węzeł(pl)m
• Russian:у́зел(ru)m(úzel)
• Tagalog:buko
• Tày:boỏng,búa
• Ukrainian:ву́зол(uk)m(vúzol)
• Vietnamese:gióng(vi)

computer attached to a network

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:please add this translation if you can

• Finnish:solmu(fi),noodi(fi)
• French:nœud(fr)
• Greek:κόμβος(el)(kómvos)
• Indonesian:simpul(id)
• Italian:nodo(it)
• Portuguese:nó(pt)
• Russian:узел(ru)(uzel)
• Spanish:nodo(es)
• Swedish:nod(sv)c

engineering: point at which the lines of a funicular meet

• Finnish:kohtaamispaikka(fi)

geometry: point at which a curve crosses itself

• Finnish:duaalipiste

vertex of a graph of a network

• Afrikaans:nodus
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tiết điểm／Tiết điểm(zh)(jiédiǎn)

• Czech:uzel(cs)m
• Danish:knude(da)c,hjørnen
• Finnish:solmu(fi)
• French:nœud(fr)m
• German:Knoten(de)m,Ecke(de)f
• Greek:κόμβος(el)m(kómvos)
• Hebrew:קודקוד(he)m(kodkód),צומת(he)m(tzómet)
• Hungarian:csomópont(hu)
• Italian:nodo(it)m
• Japanese:Tiết điểm(せってん, setten)
• Polish:węzeł(pl)m
• Portuguese:nó(pt)m,nodo(pt)m
• Romanian:nod(ro)n,punct de joncțiunen,punct nodaln
• Russian:верши́на(ru)f(veršína),у́зел(ru)m(úzel)
• Spanish:nodo(es)m
• Swedish:nod(sv)c,knutpunkt(sv)c
• Ukrainian:верши́наf(veršýna)

medicine: concretion or incrustation upon bones

• Finnish:patti(fi),kyhmy(fi)

physics: point along a standing wave

• Catalan:node(ca)m,nodus(ca)m
• Finnish:solmukohta(fi)
• Maori:pona
• Polish:węzeł(pl)m
• Spanish:nodo(es)m
• Thai:บัพ(bàp)

knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work

• Bulgarian:интрига(bg)f(intriga)
• Catalan:nus(ca)m
• Finnish:solmu(fi)

technical: hole in the gnomon of a sundial

• Finnish:reikä(fi)

linguistics: word of interest in a KWIC

• Finnish:noodi(fi),solmu(fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Latvian:^{(pleaseverify)}mezgls(lv)m
• Maori:^{(pleaseverify)}tīpona

See also

• neurode

References

• nodeon Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Deno,Deon,Done,Endo,done,endo,endo-,oden,onde,oned

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈnɔ.ðə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈnɔ.ðe]

Noun

nodef(pluralnodes)

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

Danish

Noun

nodec(singular definitenoden,plural indefinitenoder)

1. (music)note

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

node

1. (archaic)dativesingularofnood

Japanese

Romanization

node

1. Rōmajitranscription ofので

Latin

Noun

nōde

1. vocativesingularofnōdus

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatinnōdus.Doubletofknotte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈnɔːd(ə)/

Noun

node(pluralnodez)

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

Descendants

• English:node
  • →Irish:nód

References

• “nōde,n.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007,retrieved2018-04-23.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

FromLatinnodus(“knot”).Akin toEnglishnode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/²nuː.də/

Noun

nodem(definite singularnoden,indefinite pluralnodar,definite pluralnodane)

1. anode

Etymology 2

FromOld Norsehnoða.

Alternative forms

• noda

Noun

noden(definite singularnodet,indefinite pluralnode,definite pluralnoda)

1. Synonym ofnyste

Etymology 3

Verb

node(present tensenoder,past tensenodde,past participlenodt/nodd,passive infinitivenodast,present participlenodande,imperativenod)

1. Synonym ofneia

References

• “node”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.