nəud n. 1
Bot. a
the part of a
plant stem
from which one or
more leaves emerge. b a
knob on a root or
branch. 2 Anat. a
natural swelling or
bulge in an
organ or part of the
body. 3 Astron.
either of
two points at which a planet's
orbit intersects the plane of the
ecliptic or the
celestial equator. 4
Physics a
point of
minimum disturbance in a
standing wave system. 5 Electr. a point of
zero current or
voltage. 6
Math. a a point at which a
curve intersects
itself. b a
vertex in a graph. 7 a
component in a
computer network. øønodal adj. nodical adj. (in
sense 3). [L
nodus knot]