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The Meaning of node
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(n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
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(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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(n.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.
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(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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(n.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.
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(n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
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(n.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
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(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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(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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(n.) A swelling.
Synonyms
lymph gland
,
thickening
,
lymph node
,
leaf node
,
client
,
guest
,
knob
,
inspissation
,
pommel
,
thickener
,
boss
,
customer
,
invitee
Antonyms
antinode
Homophones
knode
,
knowed
Rhymes
abode
,
anode
,
bestowed
,
bestrode
,
blowed
,
boatload
,
bode
,
bowed
,
brode
,
busload
,
carload
,
caseload
,
cathode
,
coad
,
code
,
coed
,
commode
,
corrode
,
crossroad
,
crowed
,
decode
,
diode
,
elbowed
,
encode
,
episode
,
erode
,
explode
,
flowed
,
forebode
,
goad
,
goedde
,
goede
,
grode
,
implode
,
inroad
,
kanode
,
knode
,
knowed
,
load
,
lode
,
m-code
,
methode
,
microcode
,
moad
,
mode
,
mowed
,
nematode
,
ode
,
out-mode
,
outmode
,
overflowed
,
overload
,
overrode
,
owed
,
payload
,
railroad
,
reload
,
rhoad
,
rhode
,
road
,
rode
,
roed
,
rohde
,
shipload
,
shoad
,
showed
,
shrode
,
slowed
,
snowed
,
sowed
,
spode
,
stowed
,
strode
,
thode
,
toad
,
towed
,
truckload
,
unbowed
,
unload
,
workload