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Noun

1. A [[knot]], [[knob]], [[protuberance]] or [[swelling]].
2. {{lb|en|astronomy}} The point where the [[orbit]] of a [[planet]], as viewed from the [[Sun]], intersects the [[ecliptic]]. The [[ascend]]ing and [[descend]]ing nodes refer respectively to the [[point]]s where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are [[☊]] and [[☋]].
3. {{lb|en|botany}} A [[leaf node]].
4. {{senseid|en|Q173106}}{{lb|en|networking}} A [[computer]] or other device attached to a [[network]].
5. {{lb|en|engineering}} The point at which the lines of a [[funicular]] machine meet from different angular directions.
6. {{lb|en|geometry}} The [[point]] at which a [[curve]] [[cross]]es itself, being a [[double point]] of the curve. See {{m|en|crunode}} and {{m|en|acnode}}.
7. {{lb|en|geometry}} A similar point on a [[surface]], where there is more than one tangent-plane.
8. {{senseid|en|graph}} {{lb|en|graph theory}} A [[vertex]] or a [[leaf]] in a [[graph]] of a [[network]], or other element in a [[data structure]].
9. {{lb|en|medicine}} 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.
10. {{lb|en|physics}} A point along a [[standing wave]] where the wave has minimal [[amplitude]].
11. {{lb|en|rare}} The knot, [[intrigue]], or [[plot]] of a dramatic work.
12. {{lb|en|technical}} A hole in the [[gnomon]] of a [[sundial]], through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the [[parallel]]s of the Sun's [[declination]], its place in the [[ecliptic]], etc.

Proper noun

1. {{acronym of|en|w:New Oxford Dictionary of English}}.

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