[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

node \node\ n=od, n. l. nodus; perh. akin to e. knot. cf.
   noose, nowed.
   1. a knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
      1913 webster

   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 zool. a swelling.
          1913 webster

   3. math., computers a special point in a graph or diagram
      which is attached to other points by links. it is often
      labeled and represented graphically as a box or circle. a
      node may represent any object which is related to other
      objects in a conceptual structure that can be represented
      as a graph, the relations being represented as links
      between the nodes.
      pjc

   4. anat. a small mass of tissue differing from other tissue
      in its immediate vicinity; as, a lymph node.
      pjc

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
noose nowed crunode acnode knot links 
ascending node northern node descending node line of nodes 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

node
     n 1: a connecting point at which several lines come together
     2: any thickened enlargement syn: knob, thickening
     3: physics the point of minimum displacement in a periodic
        system ant: antinode
     4: astronomy a point where an orbit crosses a plane
     5: the source of lymph and lymphocytes syn: lymph node, lymph
        gland
     6: any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
     7: computer science any computer that is hooked up to a
        computer network syn: client, guest
see also:
knob thickening antinode lymph node lymph gland client 
guest 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

70 moby thesaurus words for "node":
   gordian knot, amplitude, antinode, block, body, cake, clump,
   cluster, concrete, concretion, conglomerate, conglomeration, crest,
   crux, de broglie wave, diffraction, dilemma,
   electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, enigma, frequency,
   frequency band, frequency spectrum, guided wave, in phase,
   interference, knot, knotty point, light, longitudinal wave, lump,
   mass, mechanical wave, nodosity, nodulation, nodule, nodulus,
   nodus, nonplus, out of phase, oxymoron, paradox, period,
   periodic wave, perplexity, pons asinorum, poser, puzzle, quandary,
   radio wave, ray, reinforcement, resonance, resonance frequency,
   seismic wave, shock wave, solid, solid body, sound wave,
   surface wave, teaser, tidal wave, transverse wave, trough,
   vexed question, wave, wave equation, wave motion, wave number,
   wavelength

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

node n. 1. internet, uucp a host machine on the network. 2. ms-dos
   bbses a dial-in line on a bbs. thus an ms-dos sysop might say that
   his bbs has 4 nodes even though it has a single machine and no internet
   link, confusing an internet hacker no end.


see also:
sysop 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

node
     
        1. a point or vertex in a graph.
     
        2. an addressable device attached to a computer network.
        more often called a "host".
     
        3. a hypertext document.
     
     
see also:
graph network hypertext 

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Lymph Node >> L Words
Lymph Node, definition of term: Lymph Node
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