Node

A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

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.

The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.

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.

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

The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.

The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.

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.

One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.

A swelling.

the source of lymph and lymphocytes

(astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane

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

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

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