name · noun · 25 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/nəʊd/
General-American:/noʊd/
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rhymes with -əʊd
CMU ARPABET:N OW1 D
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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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Meaning 2
A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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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Meaning 4
A leaf node.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Meaning 5
A computer or other device attached to a network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: knot
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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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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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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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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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Meaning 11
A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 12
The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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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