Node

5 definitions found

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

  Node \Node\ (n[=o]d), 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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

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

  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.
  
  

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

  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.