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node

name · noun · 25 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /nəʊd/
  • General-American: /noʊd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊd
  • CMU ARPABET: N OW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Acronym of New Oxford Dictionary of English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The 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 ☋.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A leaf node.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A computer or other device attached to a network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Synonyms: knot

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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9

noun

Meaning 9

A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

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10

noun

Meaning 10

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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11

noun

Meaning 11

A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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12

noun

Meaning 12

The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

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13

noun

Meaning 13

A 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, its place in the ecliptic, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical

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14

noun

Meaning 14

The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computational, computing, engineering, human-sciences, linguistics, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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15

noun

Meaning 15

A region of an electric circuit connected only by (ideal) wires (i.e. the voltage between any two points on the same node must be zero).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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16

noun

Meaning 16

A point in a parse tree that can be assigned a syntactic category label.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, syntax

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17

noun

Meaning 17

A point in a cladogram from which two clades branch, representing the presumed ancestor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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18

noun

Meaning 18

(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: client, guest

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

19

noun

Meaning 19

any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: solid body substance

Narrower terms: nodule

20

noun

Meaning 20

the source of lymph and lymphocytes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lymph node, lymph gland

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue

Narrower terms: axillary node, Peyer's patch, Peter's gland, bubo

21

noun

Meaning 21

(astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: celestial point

Narrower terms: ascending node, descending node

22

noun

Meaning 22

(physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: antinode

Broader terms: point

23

noun

Meaning 23

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: leaf node

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant process, enation

24

noun

Meaning 24

any thickened enlargement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: knob, thickening

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: convex shape, convexity

25

noun

Meaning 25

a connecting point at which several lines come together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: connection, connexion, link

History

Etymology

From Middle English node, borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knot, knout, and nodus.

Across languages

Translations

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: въ́зел (vǎ́zel) — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Bulgarian: удебеле́ние (udebelénie) — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Catalan: nus — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Catalan: nuc — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結節 /结节 (jiéjié) — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Finnish: patti — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Finnish: kyhmy — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Japanese: 結節 (kessetsu) — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Korean: 결절 (gyeoljeol) — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Māori: tīpona — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Russian: утолще́ние (utolščénije) — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Russian: наро́ст (naróst) — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Spanish: nudo — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Spanish: ñudo — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوغوم (boğum) — knot, knob, protuberance or swelling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交點 /交点 (jiāodiǎn) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Finnish: solmu — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Greek: κόμβος (kómvos) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Irish: nód — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Japanese: ノード (nōdo) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Japanese: 交点 (kōten) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Khmer: ថ្នាំង (thnang) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Khmer: ថ្នាំងដែល (thnang del) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Korean: 노드 (nodeu) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Korean: 교점 (gyojeom) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Iranian Persian: گِرِهْ (gereh) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Iranian Persian: عُقْدِه (oġde) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Polish: węzeł — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Russian: то́чка пересече́ния орби́т (tóčka peresečénija orbít) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Russian: у́зел (úzel) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Spanish: nodo — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Tajik: гиреҳ (gireh) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Ukrainian: то́чка перети́ну орбі́т (tóčka peretýnu orbít) — astronomy: where the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 節點 /节点 (jiédiǎn) — joint of a plant stem
  • Finnish: solmu — joint of a plant stem
  • Greek: κόμβος (kómvos) — joint of a plant stem
  • Hawaiian: pona — joint of a plant stem
  • Indonesian: nodus — joint of a plant stem
  • Irish: nód — joint of a plant stem
  • Japanese: ノード (nōdo) — joint of a plant stem
  • Latvian: mezgls — joint of a plant stem
  • Malay: buku — joint of a plant stem
  • Māori: pona — joint of a plant stem
  • Polish: węzeł — joint of a plant stem
  • Russian: у́зел (úzel) — joint of a plant stem
  • Tagalog: buko — joint of a plant stem
  • Tahitian: pona — joint of a plant stem
  • Tày: boỏng — joint of a plant stem
  • Tày: búa — joint of a plant stem
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوغوم (boğum) — joint of a plant stem
  • Ukrainian: ву́зол (vúzol) — joint of a plant stem
  • Vietnamese: gióng — joint of a plant stem
  • Arabic: عُقْدَة (ʕuqda) — computer attached to a network
  • Belarusian: ву́зел (vúzjel) — computer attached to a network
  • Bulgarian: въ́зел (vǎ́zel) — computer attached to a network
  • Chinese Mandarin: 網絡節點 /网络节点 (wǎngluò jiédiǎn) — computer attached to a network
  • Chinese Mandarin: 節點 /节点 (jiédiǎn) — computer attached to a network
  • Finnish: solmu — computer attached to a network
  • Finnish: noodi — computer attached to a network
  • French: nœud — computer attached to a network
  • Greek: κόμβος (kómvos) — computer attached to a network
  • Hebrew: צומת — computer attached to a network
  • Hebrew: צֹמֶת (tsómet) — computer attached to a network
  • Indonesian: simpul — computer attached to a network
  • Italian: nodo — computer attached to a network
  • Japanese: ノード (nōdo) — computer attached to a network
  • Korean: 노드 (nodeu) — computer attached to a network
  • Macedonian: јазол (jazol) — computer attached to a network
  • Polish: węzeł — computer attached to a network
  • Portuguese: nó — computer attached to a network
  • Russian: у́зел (úzel) — computer attached to a network
  • Spanish: nodo — computer attached to a network
  • Swedish: nod — computer attached to a network
  • Ukrainian: ву́зол (vúzol) — computer attached to a network
  • Finnish: kohtaamispaikka — engineering: point at which the lines of a funicular meet
  • Finnish: duaalipiste — geometry: point at which a curve crosses itself
  • Portuguese: nó — geometry: point at which a curve crosses itself
  • Afrikaans: nodus — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Chinese Mandarin: 節點 /节点 (jiédiǎn) — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Czech: uzel — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Danish: knude — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Danish: hjørne — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Finnish: solmu — vertex of a graph of a network
  • French: nœud — vertex of a graph of a network
  • German: Knoten — vertex of a graph of a network
  • German: Ecke — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Greek: κόμβος (kómvos) — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Hebrew: קודקוד — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Hebrew: קָדְקוֹד (kodkód) — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Hebrew: צומת — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Hebrew: צֹמֶת (tsómet) — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Hungarian: csomópont — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Italian: nodo — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Japanese: 節点 (setten) — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Korean: 절점 (jeoljeom) — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Polish: węzeł — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Portuguese: nó — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Portuguese: nodo — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Romanian: nod — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Romanian: punct de joncțiune — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Romanian: punct nodal — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Russian: верши́на (veršína) — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Russian: у́зел (úzel) — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Spanish: nodo — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Swedish: nod — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Swedish: knutpunkt — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Ukrainian: верши́на (veršýna) — vertex of a graph of a network
  • Finnish: patti — medicine: concretion or incrustation upon bones
  • Finnish: kyhmy — medicine: concretion or incrustation upon bones
  • Catalan: node — physics: point along a standing wave
  • Catalan: nodus — physics: point along a standing wave
  • Finnish: solmukohta — physics: point along a standing wave
  • Finnish: solmu — physics: point along a standing wave
  • Māori: pona — physics: point along a standing wave
  • Polish: węzeł — physics: point along a standing wave
  • Portuguese: nó — physics: point along a standing wave
  • Portuguese: nodo — physics: point along a standing wave
  • Spanish: nodo — physics: point along a standing wave
  • Thai: บัพ (bàp) — physics: point along a standing wave
  • Bulgarian: интри́га (intríga) — knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work
  • Catalan: nus — knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work
  • Finnish: solmu — knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work
  • Russian: интри́га (intríga) — knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work
  • Finnish: reikä — technical: hole in the gnomon of a sundial
  • Finnish: noodi — linguistics: word of interest in a KWIC
  • Finnish: solmu — linguistics: word of interest in a KWIC