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Node   /noʊd/   Listen
Node

noun
1.
A connecting point at which several lines come together.
2.
Any thickened enlargement.  Synonyms: knob, thickening.
3.
(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge.  Synonym: leaf node.
4.
(physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system.  Antonym: antinode.
5.
(astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane.
6.
The source of lymph and lymphocytes.  Synonyms: lymph gland, lymph node.
7.
Any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part.
8.
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network.  Synonyms: client, guest.



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"Node" Quotes from Famous Books



... intervals may be greater in the earlier than in the later part of the verse. This last table is further evidence of the increased exactness of the rhythmic perception at the close of the verse. As far as nodes are concerned, they show clearly two types: (1) A node after the second foot (L., G., Mi., Mc.) and (2) a node after the third foot (R., B., H.). For the tetrameter there is some indication in the cases of B., S. and Mc., but the other cases are negative and further ...
— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various

... lesions, instead of being pea- or bean-sized, as in typical urticaria, are large and node-like (also called giant urticaria). ...
— Essentials of Diseases of the Skin • Henry Weightman Stelwagon

... than in the later part of the verse. This last table is further evidence of the increased exactness of the rhythmic perception at the close of the verse. As far as nodes are concerned, they show clearly two types: (1) A node after the second foot (L., G., Mi., Mc.) and (2) a node after the third foot (R., B., H.). For the tetrameter there is some indication in the cases of B., S. and Mc., but the other cases are negative and ...
— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various

... minerals are going up to the top. When you have the tree trunk killed or cut off you still have water in your root system. In some trees you have a lot of adventitious buds that are still there and never forced out. Nitrogen will force those dormant buds into growth. At each walnut node or leaf we have as many as seven buds, all of which are capable of producing growth. Normally it is only the major bud that grows, but propagators sometimes get a patch bud back to life even though the primary bud dries ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association

... earlier than in the later part of the verse. This last table is further evidence of the increased exactness of the rhythmic perception at the close of the verse. As far as nodes are concerned, they show clearly two types: (1) A node after the second foot (L., G., Mi., Mc.) and (2) a node after the third foot (R., B., H.). For the tetrameter there is some indication in the cases of B., S. and Mc., but the other cases are negative and further ...
— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various



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