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Node

noun

A connecting point at which several lines come together.

Any thickened enlargement. Synonyms: knob, thickening.

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge. Synonym: leaf node.

(physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system.

(astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane.

The source of lymph and lymphocytes. Synonyms: lymph gland, lymph node.

Any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part.

(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network. Synonyms: client, guest.

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"Node" Quotes from Famous Books

... 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

... narrow or stalk-like base, begin as node-like swellings on the branches of the plasmodium, and gradually rise to their ultimate form as the surrounding protoplasm flows into them and assumes an upward direction. These sporangia are nearly always perfectly regular in shape; they may be globose, obovoid, ...

— The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio • A. P. Morgan