noun Download 🔗Share A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling. Examples : "The old tree's roots were gnarled and covered in nodes where smaller roots branched out. " part body biology anatomy physiology 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 : "Astronomers carefully track the points where a planet's orbit crosses the Earth's orbital plane, which are called nodes. " astronomy space science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A leaf node. Examples : "In a family tree diagram, the names at the very bottom, with no children listed under them, are leaf nodes. " computing structure part technical technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A computer or other device attached to a network. Examples : "The office network has fifty nodes, including computers, printers, and scanners. " computing internet technology electronics communication system device 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 : ""At the circus tent's peak, the tightrope walker carefully adjusted the ropes where several stressed cables converged at important nodes supporting the entire structure." " machine physics point structure technical 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 : "The figure-eight shape has a single point where the curve crosses itself, creating a pair of nodes. " math point Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane. Examples : "The origami crane had distinct nodes where the paper sharply folded, creating multiple possible tangent planes at each of those points. " 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 : ""In our school's computer network, each computer and printer acts as one of the many nodes, allowing us to share files and resources." " computing internet structure system math logic technical 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 examined the patient's swollen fingers, feeling for any nodes that might indicate rheumatoid arthritis. " medicine body disease physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude. Examples : "On the guitar string, the nodes were the points that barely moved at all when the string vibrated. " physics sound energy frequency Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work. Examples : "The play's nodes of conflict intensified as the two main characters revealed their hidden motives, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats. " story literature entertainment 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 design carefully positioned the nodes so that sunlight passing through them accurately marked the hours on the dial. " astronomy time physics technology science device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts. Examples : "In a KWIC index of the book, the word "love" appeared as nodes surrounded by various phrases, showing all the contexts where "love" was used. " language linguistics word writing communication computing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading