Node
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Node
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1 n.
A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
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2 n.
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.
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3 n.
The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.
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4 n.
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.
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5 n.
The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.
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6 n.
The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
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7 n.
The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
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8 n.
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.
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9 n.
One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
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10 n.
A swelling.
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11 n.
A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
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12 n.
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.
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13 n.
The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.
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14 n.
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.
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15 n.
The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.
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16 n.
The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
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17 n.
The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
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18 n.
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.
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19 n.
One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
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20 n.
A swelling.