node

CEFRB2

/nəʊd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A point where lines or parts connect.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A leaf node.

Examples

  • Ziri chopped the vine off close to the leaf node.

  • Our team captured the forward node.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /noʊd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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 ☋.

  2. A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.

  3. A computer or other device attached to a network.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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