n.
technical - a point in a network at which lines intersect or branch.
▸a piece of equipment, such as a computer or peripheral, attached to a network.
▸Mathematics a point at which a curve intersects itself.
▸Astronomy either of the two points at which a planet's orbit intersects the plane of the ecliptic or the celestial equator.
- Botany the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge.
- Anatomy a lymph node or other structure consisting of a small mass of differentiated tissue.
- Physics & Mathematics a point at which the amplitude of vibration in a standing wave system is zero.
▸a point of zero current or voltage.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (denoting a knotty swelling or a protuberance): from L. nodus ‘knot’.