node

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UK /nəʊd/ US /noʊd/

noun 5name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

sinoatrial

The doctor explained that his sinoatrial node was functioning normally after the heart surgery.

VERB + NODE

captured, forward, malfunctioning

The router had to forward the data packet to the next node in the network.

NODE + NOUN

heartbeat

The doctor monitored the patient's heartbeat at the sinoatrial node during the surgery.

Definitions

noun

A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.

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

A leaf node.

A computer or other device attached to a network.

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

name

Acronym of New Oxford Dictionary of English.

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Synonyms

noun — (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a compu

noun — any thickened enlargement

Antonyms

antinode

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Our team captured the forward node.

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Ziri chopped the vine off close to the leaf node.

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Scientists created a natural pacemaker in experiments with pigs with a malfunctioning sinoatrial node, which regulates heartbeat.

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