1. a point where lines or systems meet or intersect
2. a swelling or knot on a plant stem where a leaf grows
Usage: botany
3. a computer or device that is part of a network
Usage: computing

Examples

• The railway node connects five different train lines.
• New leaves sprouted from each node on the bamboo stem.
• Each node in the computer network can communicate with the others.
• The doctor felt the swollen lymph nodes in her neck.
• The intersection serves as a major traffic node for the city.
• Scientists studied the nodes where the plant’s branches formed.
• The server acts as the central node for all data processing.