node

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /nəʊd/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /noʊd/

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Noun

Singular node

Plural nodes

1. A node is a center point, where parts meet.

   The railway station was the town's transport node where all the buses stopped.

2. A node is a swelling or a lump.

   The doctor examined his armpit to feel the lymph node.

3. A node is a swelling on a plant which becomes a new branch or leaf.
4. (physics) A node is the point on a wave where the amplitude is zero.
5. (astronomy) A node is the point on an orbit where it crosses a plane.
6. (computing) A node is a computer in the context of a network.

Related words

• antinode
• nodal