Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

node

/noʊd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
node
IPA
/noʊd/
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.

noun

The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.

noun

A leaf node.

noun

A computer or other device attached to a network.

noun

The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions.

noun

The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.

noun

A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.

noun

A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.

Etymology

From Middle English node, borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knot, knout, and nodus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: node, nōdus

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /noʊd/
  • British English: /nəʊd/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

nodes (plural)

Derived Forms

acnode antinode binode crunode eigennode heminode hypernode internode intranode lymphnode lymphoneogenesis lymphonode

Phrases

anti-node ascending node AV node child node Cloquet's node descending node end-node exit node

Frequently Paired Words

knot nodal noded nodule neurode NOAD ODE

Synonyms

knot host vertex client guest lymph node lymph gland leaf node

Rhymes With

road code showed mode load rode owed explode rhode slowed bestowed towed

Questions

How do you pronounce node?
The recorded pronunciation is /noʊd/.
What does node mean?
A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
Where does node come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce node

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