Synonyms for nodes

Grammar : Noun

Spell : nohd

Phonetic Transcription : noʊd

Top 10 synonyms for nodes

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Définition of nodes

Origin : early 15c., "a knot or lump," from Latin nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Originally borrowed c.1400 in Latin form, meaning "lump in the flesh." Meaning "point of intersection" (originally of planetary orbits with the ecliptic) first recorded 1660s.

noun knot, growth
noun bud

Example sentences :

Canes numerous, with some bloom at the nodes; tendrils intermittent.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

And if one of the nodes is unoccupied, then the machine's out of balance.
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

The ligule is a distinct membrane and the nodes are glabrous.
Extract from : « A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses » by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

The second overtone requires three nodes, as in Fig. 137, 3.
Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams

The two points where the moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic are called her nodes.
Extract from : « Letters on Astronomy » by Denison Olmsted

And it is by no means sure that the rhythms will make their nodes in us, if we be not the centres of groups.
Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound

Cross-roads and squares take on contour, and gather up the nodes of their rhythms.
Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound

Then, too, no nodes such as the hypothesis calls for are visible.
Extract from : « Curiosities of the Sky » by Garrett Serviss

Some of these nodes are finished to represent the heads of animals.
Extract from : « Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia » by William Henry Holmes

It only took a week on the Boston ride before they had their third and fourth nodes.
Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow

Antonyms for nodes

depression

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