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Node  n.  
1.
A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
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.
(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.
(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.
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.
4.
(Anat.) A small mass of tissue differing from other tissue in its immediate vicinity; as, a lymph node.
Ascending node (Astron.), the node at which the body is passing northerly. Called also northern node.
Descending node, the node at which the body is moving southwardly.
Line of nodes, a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit.





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"Node" Quotes from Famous Books



... is reckoned from the ascending node of the Milky Way on the equator, which is situated in the constellation Aquila. The galactic latitude (b) gives the angular distance of the star from the Galaxy. On plate I, at the end of these lectures, will be found a fairly detailed diagram ...
— Lectures on Stellar Statistics • Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier
... flower has a pedicel about 1in. long, which springs from the axils of the main stem leaves; the stems seldom exceed the height of 4in. or 5in., and they are exceedingly fine, thready, as also are the pedicels; they are, moreover, of zigzag form, from node to node. The leaves are 3/4in. long, and less than 1/2in. wide, ovate or nearly cordate, partially folded, and sometimes reflexed at the ends, nearly stalkless, slightly toothed, smooth, of good substance and a peculiar grey-green colour. The foliage for ...
— Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers - Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, - Rockeries, and Shrubberies. • John Wood


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