node

noun

Meaning

A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
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 ☋.
A leaf node.
A computer or other device attached to a network.
The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot.
The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.

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