noun Download 🔗Share A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling. Examples : "The doctor felt a hard node on the patient's neck. " part anatomy physiology organism medicine biology structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 ☋. Examples : "The astronomer calculated the planet's ascending node to predict its next appearance in the night sky. " astronomy space physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A leaf node. Examples : "The family tree diagram showed the leaf nodes as the youngest children. " biology plant computing structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A computer or other device attached to a network. Examples : ""Each computer in the school's library is a node on the school's network, allowing students to access the internet." " computing electronics internet technology communication device system machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot. Examples : "The funicular's node is where the two tracks meet at a sharp angle. " technical machine physics point Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode. Examples : "Imagine drawing a figure eight; the point where the line crosses itself in the middle is a node. " math point figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane. Examples : "The graph showed several nodes where the lines intersected, indicating key points in the project's progress. " math physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure. Examples : ""Each computer in the school's network acts as a node, allowing students to access the internet." " technology computing math electronics internet system structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The doctor noticed a small node on Grandma's knee, likely a result of her arthritic condition. " medicine body anatomy disease Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude. Examples : "The guitar string had several nodes, creating distinct points of silence during the song. " physics sound energy frequency Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work. Examples : "The complicated node of the family argument made it hard to find a solution. " story literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The sundial's accuracy depended on the small node precisely focusing the sunlight onto the hour markings. " astronomy time physics science technical device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts. Examples : "In the KWIC index, "apple" was the central node, flanked by phrases like "red" and "a delicious". " language linguistics writing word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
