noun🔗ShareNœud, renflement, protubéranceA knot, knob, protuberance or swelling."The doctor felt a hard node on the patient's neck. "Le médecin a senti un nœud dur dans le cou du patient.partanatomyphysiologyorganismmedicinebiologystructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNœudThe 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 ☋."The astronomer calculated the planet's ascending node to predict its next appearance in the night sky. "L'astronome a calculé le nœud ascendant de la planète pour prédire sa prochaine apparition dans le ciel nocturne.astronomyspacephysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNœud feuilleA leaf node."The family tree diagram showed the leaf nodes as the youngest children. "Le diagramme de l'arbre généalogique montrait les nœuds feuilles comme les plus jeunes enfants.biologyplantcomputingstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNœud, appareilA computer or other device attached to a network.""Each computer in the school's library is a node on the school's network, allowing students to access the internet." "Chaque ordinateur de la bibliothèque de l'école est un nœud sur le réseau de l'école, ce qui permet aux élèves d'accéder à Internet.computingelectronicsinternettechnologycommunicationdevicesystemmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNœudThe point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot."The funicular's node is where the two tracks meet at a sharp angle. "Le nœud du funiculaire est l'endroit où les deux voies se rejoignent à un angle aigu.technicalmachinephysicspointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNœudThe point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode."Imagine drawing a figure eight; the point where the line crosses itself in the middle is a node. "Imaginez dessiner un huit ; le point où la ligne se croise au milieu est un nœud.mathpointfigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNœudA similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane."The graph showed several nodes where the lines intersected, indicating key points in the project's progress. "Le graphique montrait plusieurs nœuds où les lignes se croisaient, indiquant des points clés dans l'avancement du projet.mathphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNœudA vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.""Each computer in the school's network acts as a node, allowing students to access the internet." "Chaque ordinateur du réseau de l'école agit comme un nœud, permettant aux élèves d'accéder à Internet.technologycomputingmathelectronicsinternetsystemstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNœud, nodositéA hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint."The doctor noticed a small node on Grandma's knee, likely a result of her arthritic condition. "Le médecin a remarqué un petit nœud sur le genou de grand-mère, probablement dû à son arthrite.medicinebodyanatomydiseaseChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNœudA point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude."The guitar string had several nodes, creating distinct points of silence during the song. "La corde de la guitare présentait plusieurs nœuds, créant des points de silence distincts pendant la chanson.physicssoundenergyfrequencyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNœud, intrigue, intrigueThe knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work."The complicated node of the family argument made it hard to find a solution. "Le nœud compliqué de la dispute familiale rendait difficile de trouver une solution.storyliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTrou dans le gnomon d'un cadran solaireA 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."The sundial's accuracy depended on the small node precisely focusing the sunlight onto the hour markings. "La précision du cadran solaire dépendait du petit trou dans le gnomon qui focalisait précisément la lumière du soleil sur les indications horaires.astronomytimephysicssciencetechnicaldeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLe mot d'intérêt dans un KWIC, entouré de contextes gauche et droitThe word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts."In the KWIC index, "apple" was the central node, flanked by phrases like "red" and "a delicious". "Dans l'index KWIC, « apple » était le mot central, flanqué de phrases comme « red » et « a delicious ».languagelinguisticswritingwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
