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node

(nōd)

a. A knob, knot, protuberance, or swelling.

b. Medicine A small, well-defined mass of tissue that is either normal or pathological, as a lymph node or a node at an arthritic joint.

a. A point or area where two lines, paths, or parts intersect or branch off: "The nodes, or branching points, are usually demarcated by sets of one or more new, evolutionary characters that typify all taxa" (Pat Shipley).

b. A focal point or a point of interaction: "Inside the hospital, she became a node of gossip, despite being unable to communicate in the usual way" (Oliver Sacks).

a. Botany The point on a stem where a leaf is attached or has been attached; a joint.

b. See knot¹.

4. Physics A point or region of virtually zero amplitude in a wave or periodic system.

5. Mathematics The point at which a continuous curve crosses itself.

6. Computers A terminal in a computer network.

7. Astronomy

a. Either of two diametrically opposite points at which the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic.

b. Either of two points at which the orbit of a satellite intersects the orbital plane of a planet.

[Middle English, lump in the flesh, from Latin nōdus, knot; see ned- in Indo-European roots.]

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node

(nəʊd)

1. a knot, swelling, or knob

2. (Botany) the point on a plant stem from which the leaves or lateral branches grow

3. (General Physics) physics a point at which the amplitude of one of the two kinds of displacement in a standing wave has zero or minimum value. Generally the other kind of displacement has its maximum value at this point. See also standing wave Compare antinode

4. (Mathematics) maths Also called: crunode a point at which two branches of a curve intersect, each branch having a distinct tangent

5. (Linguistics) maths linguistics one of the objects of which a graph or a tree consists; vertex

6. (Mathematics) maths linguistics one of the objects of which a graph or a tree consists; vertex

7. (Astronomy) astronomy either of the two points at which the orbit of a body intersects the plane of the ecliptic. When the body moves from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, it passes the ascending node; moving from the north to the south side, it passes the descending node

8. (Anatomy) anatomy

a. any natural bulge or swelling of a structure or part, such as those that occur along the course of a lymphatic vessel (lymph node)

b. a finger joint or knuckle

9. (Computer Science) computing an interconnection point on a computer network

[C16: from Latin nōdus knot]

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node

(noʊd)

n.

1. a knot, protuberance, or knob.

2. a centering point of component parts.

3. Anat. a knotlike mass of tissue: lymph node.

4. Pathol. circumscribed swelling.

5. Bot. a part of a stem that bears a leaf or branch.

6. Math. Also called joint, knot. in interpolation, one of the points at which the values of a function are assigned.

7. Geom. a point on a curve or surface at which there can be more than one tangent line or tangent plane.

8. Physics. a point, line, or region in a standing wave at which there is relatively little or no vibration.

9. either of the two points at which the orbit of a heavenly body intersects a given plane, esp. the plane of the ecliptic or of the celestial equator.

10. a labeled point in a tree diagram at which subordinate lines branch off.

11. nodus.

[1565–75; < Latin nōdus knot]

node

(nōd)

1. Anatomy A small mass or lump of body tissue that either occurs naturally, as in the case of lymph nodes, or is a result of disease.

2. Botany

a. A point on a stem where a leaf is attached or has been attached.

b. A swelling or lump on a tree; a knob or knot.

3. Physics A point or region of a vibrating or oscillating system, such as the standing wave of a vibrating guitar string, at which the amplitude of the vibration or oscillation is zero. Compare antinode.

4. Astronomy

a. Either of the two points at which the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic.

b. Either of the two points at which the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of orbit of a planet.

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node

A location in a mobility system where a movement requirement is originated, processed for onward movement, or terminated.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

node

The joint on a stem where a leaf, stem, shoot, or flower are produced.

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Noun	1.	node - a connecting point at which several lines come together connexion, link, connection - a connecting shape
	2.	node - any thickened enlargement thickening, knob convex shape, convexity - a shape that curves or bulges outward
	3.	node - (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge leaf node phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants plant process, enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
	4.	node - (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" antinode - (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system
	5.	node - (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole ascending node - the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north celestial point - a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) descending node - the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south
	6.	node - the source of lymph and lymphocytes lymph gland, lymph node lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue - tissue making up the lymphatic system axillary node - any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions Peter's gland, Peyer's patch - any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon immune system - a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response cardiovascular system, circulatory system - the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body bubo - a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
	7.	node - any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part solid body substance - the solid parts of the body nodule - a small node
	8.	node - (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network client, guest computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically computer network - (computer science) a network of computers computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

node

noun nodule, growth, swelling, knot, lump, bump, bud, knob, protuberance Cut the branches off cleanly through the stem just below the node.

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Translations

دَرَنَهعُجْرَ: مَنْبَت الأوراق في ساق النَّبات

kolínkouzlina

knudeled

bütyök

hnúturkné

nodo nodulo nodale

bamblyspatinimas

bumbulis, paresninājumsuztūkums

ledd

kolienkouzlina

budak şişkinlik yumru

植物的节点瘤结

node

[nəʊd] N (Anat, Astron, Phys) → nodo m (Bot) → nudo m

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node

[ˈnəʊd] n

(ANATOMY) (generic term) → nodule m lymph node

(BOTANY) → nœud mno entry sign n → panneau m "défense d'entrer"no-fault divorce n → divorce m par consentement mutuelno-fly zone n → zone f d'exclusion aérienneno-frills [ˌnəʊˈfrɪlz] adj (= cheap) [airline, service] → à bas prixno-go [ˌnəʊˈgəʊ] adj
it's no-go → ça ne marche pasno-go area (mainly British) n

(= dangerous place) → zone f interdite

(= forbidden place) → zone f interditeno-good [ˌnəʊˈgʊd] adj
her no-good husband → son bon à rien de marino-holds-barred [ˌnəʊhəʊldzˈbɑː^rd] adj [book, interview, performance] → où tous les coups sont permisno-hoper [ˌnəʊˈhəʊpə^r] n → raté(e) m/f

node

n → Knoten m

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node

[nəʊd] n (Math, Bot) → nodo

node

(nəud) noun

1. a small swelling eg in an organ of the body.

2. a place, often swollen, where a leaf is attached to a stem.

node

n. nudo, nódulo, ganglio;

lymphatic ___ → ___ linfático;

milker's ___ → ___ de los ordeñadores;

singer's ___ → ___ vocal o de los cantantes;

syphilis ___ → ___ sifilítico;

vermis ___ → ___ del vermis.

node

n (card) nódulo or nodo; (lymph) ganglio; atrioventricular — nódulo or nodo auriculoventricular; lymph — ganglio linfático; sentinel — ganglio centinela; sinus o sinoatrial — nódulo or nodo sinusal or sinoauricular

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Ten years ago Lavalle, "that imperturbable dreamer of the heavens," as Lazareff hailed him, gathered together the fruits of a lifetime's labour, and gave it, with well-justified contempt, to a world bound hand and foot to Barald's Theory of Vertices and "compensating electric nodes." "They shall see," he wrote--in that immortal postscript to The Heart of the Cyclone--"the Laws whose existence they derided written in fire beneath them."

He had disentangled the nodes of their intersections, assigning to each its regulated period of flux and reflux.

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There are characters which are continually creating collisions and nodes for themselves in dramas which nobody is prepared to act with them.

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Then the nodes coincide with the phases of the moon, and there is an eclipse.

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A rhyme in one of our sonnets should not be less pleasing than the iterated nodes of a sea-shell, or the resembling difference of a group of flowers.

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Under the same conditions, a comparison of the communication load of nodes in ring i with different k using CDLR and ERCD is conducted according to (13) and the evaluation described in [10].

In observing data collection, the communication load of each node in ring i can be obtained by (11), from which we can see that the communication load of nodes in ring 1 is the maximum, that is, [h.sup.2].

A Clone Detection Algorithm with Low Resource Expenditure for Wireless Sensor Networks

The schemes against wormhole attack focus on four aspects: the routing, the nodes exclusion, the hardware, and the algorithm optimization.

The Security DV-Hop Algorithm against Multiple-Wormhole-Node-Link in WSN

But, once the sensor nodes are moved from their original random position to the optimal positions, there are chances that, same position/location may be covered by two or more sensors.

Redundancy Elimination with Coverage Preserving Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Network

In our study, the subsequent search and submission of additional lymph nodes changed the pN designation in 5 of the cases.

Role of "Second Look" Lymph Node Search in Harvesting Optimal Number of Lymph Nodes for Staging of Colorectal Carcinoma

Therefore, when the transmission distance is large, the energy consumption will be greatly reduced by adding forwarding nodes. As shown in Figure 2, a power amplifier involves the path decay index n.