node

• (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
• A swelling
• any thickened enlargement
• (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
• the source of lymph and lymphocytes
• a connecting point at which several lines come together
• (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
• (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
• any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
• A knot, a knob
• 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
• The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions
• The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece
• A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis
• One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Japan in Chiba
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Kentucky

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