Node
noun
A point at which parts of a system come together.
The node where two streets intersect is dangerous.
Often appears as...
- road node
- node point
noun
A place in an atom or molecule where there is a concentration of electrons.
The electron node location can be calculated.
Often appears as...
- electron node
- molecular node
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Technical
noun
A device in a computer network that serves as a connection point.
Nodes in a network can be computers, printers or servers.
Often appears as...
- network node
- node device
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Technical
noun
A lump or swelling in the body.
The doctor checked the lymph nodes for signs of infection.
Often appears as...
- lymph node
- swollen node
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Technical
noun
A point on a plant stem where a leaf is attached.
The node on the stem was where the leaf grew.
Often appears as...
- stem node
- leaf node
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Technical
noun
A point at which parts of a system come together.
The node where two streets intersect is dangerous.
Often appears as...
- road node
- node point
noun
A place in an atom or molecule where there is a concentration of electrons.
The electron node location can be calculated.
Often appears as...
- electron node
- molecular node
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A device in a computer network that serves as a connection point.
Nodes in a network can be computers, printers or servers.
Often appears as...
- network node
- node device
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A lump or swelling in the body.
The doctor checked the lymph nodes for signs of infection.
Often appears as...
- lymph node
- swollen node
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A point on a plant stem where a leaf is attached.
The node on the stem was where the leaf grew.
Often appears as...
- stem node
- leaf node
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Convergence Point
Understand 'node' as a place where various elements meet and interact within a system.
The traffic node was redesigned to improve flow.
Pro Tip 2/2Systemic Importance
'Node' indicates an important part of a system which could affect the entire system's functionality if altered.
A malfunction at a single node disrupted the whole transport system.
Pro Tip 1/2Convergence Point
Understand 'node' as a place where various elements meet and interact within a system.
The traffic node was redesigned to improve flow.
Pro Tip 2/2Systemic Importance
'Node' indicates an important part of a system which could affect the entire system's functionality if altered.
A malfunction at a single node disrupted the whole transport system.
Pro Tip 1/2Convergence Point
Understand 'node' as a place where various elements meet and interact within a system.
The traffic node was redesigned to improve flow.
Pro Tip 2/2Systemic Importance
'Node' indicates an important part of a system which could affect the entire system's functionality if altered.
A malfunction at a single node disrupted the whole transport system.
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But the general idea is that they all fit into this knowledge map. That top node right there, that's literally single-digit addition, it's like one plus one is equal to two. The paradigm is, once you get 10 in a row on that, it keeps forwarding you to more and more advanced modules. Further down the knowledge map,
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The design of the...
develops into this complicated structure. And so you know when you first saw this picture, it didn't mean quite so much to you. Here you're looking across one percent of the volume of the visible universe and you're seeing billions of galaxies, right, and nodes, but you realize they're not even the main structure.
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Tom Wujec: Got a wicked...
Oh, and by the way, if they do it in complete silence, they do it much better and much more quickly. Really interesting -- talking gets in the way. So here's some key lessons that can emerge from this. First, drawing helps us understand the situations as systems with nodes and their relationships.
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The networked beauty of...
where nodes would be friends and links would be your friendships. Now, we all know that some of those nodes, or friends, are busier than others, like that friend who is always sending out group messages. Well, it's the same in forests, and these nodes in forests, we call them hubs,
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Human Body 101 PIPE...
They need to produce these chemicals are then distributed throughout the body by way of the cardiovascular system the cardiovascular and nervous systems are also utilized by the lymphatic system a collection of lymph nodes and vessels that help regulate the body's defenses
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Can you solve the...
And the nodes matter because they connect the edges, and are where we may need to make choices as we run from edge to edge. This simplification into nodes and edges leaves us with a ubiquitous and important mathematical object known as a graph, or network.
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
The areas where the salt gathers are actually where the sound waves are canceling each other out, known as "nodes," and controlling those is the key to sonic levitation. A team of world-leading scientists are pushing that idea to its limits.
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How cohousing can make...
to kids' play areas around and inside the common house; in the consideration of scale and distribution of social gathering nodes in and around the community to support our daily lives, all of these spaces help contribute to and elevate
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Attracting outside...
us more time and which he was very helpful to do so when that I get that deadline I went back to Nortel this and that work cannot sell he said that there is a system called pick a node which
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How trees talk to each...
The biggest, darkest nodes are the busiest nodes. We call those hub trees, or more fondly, mother trees, because it turns out that those hub trees nurture their young,
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Let's use video to...
But the general idea is that they all fit into this knowledge map. That top node right there, that's literally single-digit addition, it's like one plus one is equal to two. The paradigm is, once you get 10 in a row on that, it keeps forwarding you to more and more advanced modules. Further down the knowledge map,
Video examples
The design of the...
develops into this complicated structure. And so you know when you first saw this picture, it didn't mean quite so much to you. Here you're looking across one percent of the volume of the visible universe and you're seeing billions of galaxies, right, and nodes, but you realize they're not even the main structure.
Video examples
Tom Wujec: Got a wicked...
Oh, and by the way, if they do it in complete silence, they do it much better and much more quickly. Really interesting -- talking gets in the way. So here's some key lessons that can emerge from this. First, drawing helps us understand the situations as systems with nodes and their relationships.
Video examples
The networked beauty of...
where nodes would be friends and links would be your friendships. Now, we all know that some of those nodes, or friends, are busier than others, like that friend who is always sending out group messages. Well, it's the same in forests, and these nodes in forests, we call them hubs,
Video examples
Human Body 101 PIPE...
They need to produce these chemicals are then distributed throughout the body by way of the cardiovascular system the cardiovascular and nervous systems are also utilized by the lymphatic system a collection of lymph nodes and vessels that help regulate the body's defenses
Video examples
Can you solve the...
And the nodes matter because they connect the edges, and are where we may need to make choices as we run from edge to edge. This simplification into nodes and edges leaves us with a ubiquitous and important mathematical object known as a graph, or network.
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
The areas where the salt gathers are actually where the sound waves are canceling each other out, known as "nodes," and controlling those is the key to sonic levitation. A team of world-leading scientists are pushing that idea to its limits.
Video examples
How cohousing can make...
to kids' play areas around and inside the common house; in the consideration of scale and distribution of social gathering nodes in and around the community to support our daily lives, all of these spaces help contribute to and elevate
Video examples
Attracting outside...
us more time and which he was very helpful to do so when that I get that deadline I went back to Nortel this and that work cannot sell he said that there is a system called pick a node which
Video examples
How trees talk to each...
The biggest, darkest nodes are the busiest nodes. We call those hub trees, or more fondly, mother trees, because it turns out that those hub trees nurture their young,
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Virginia Postrel
American Writer
Traditional PCs face competition from specialty products like Palm Pilots and from the servers that provide the nodes in computer networks. Microsoft's Windows CE hasn't done too well in the specialty-device market, and its Windows NT faces strong competition for server customers.
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James Gleick
American Author
The cells of an organism are nodes in a richly interwoven communications network, transmitting and receiving, coding and decoding. Evolution itself embodies an ongoing exchange of information between organism and environment.
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Miriam Defensor-Santiago
Filipino Politician
In effect, the Internet is a global connection of interconnected computers. It has been described as truly a peer-to-peer system with many distributed nodes and no central point of control architecture.
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Fei-Fei Li
Chinese Scientist
Just like the brain consists of billions of highly connected neurons, a basic operating unit in a neural network is a neuron-like node. It takes input from other nodes and sends output to others.
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Walter Kirn
American Novelist
It's been a concern of mine for years that the mainstream media coverage of culture and politics takes place in two nodes, Washington and New York, and yet all the voting goes on somewhere else.
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Geddy Lee
Canadian Musician
Well, I've been lucky. I've never gotten a voice polyp. I've never gotten nodes. But I do get sick, usually every tour, and to varying degrees. Sometimes it's a sinusitis.
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Ryan Zinke
American Politician
If you find a node that you can penetrate, that you can eliminate, and draw more information for future operations, I think it's prudent to do.
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Reid Hoffman
American Businessman
I would have volunteered to work at Netscape. It was the center node of this new technology and the commercial ecosystem of the Internet.
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Niklaus Wirth
Swiss Scientist
The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.
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John Abizaid
American Soldier
I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.
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Virginia Postrel
American Writer
Traditional PCs face competition from specialty products like Palm Pilots and from the servers that provide the nodes in computer networks. Microsoft's Windows CE hasn't done too well in the specialty-device market, and its Windows NT faces strong competition for server customers.
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James Gleick
American Author
The cells of an organism are nodes in a richly interwoven communications network, transmitting and receiving, coding and decoding. Evolution itself embodies an ongoing exchange of information between organism and environment.
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Miriam Defensor-Santiago
Filipino Politician
In effect, the Internet is a global connection of interconnected computers. It has been described as truly a peer-to-peer system with many distributed nodes and no central point of control architecture.
Quote examples
Fei-Fei Li
Chinese Scientist
Just like the brain consists of billions of highly connected neurons, a basic operating unit in a neural network is a neuron-like node. It takes input from other nodes and sends output to others.
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Walter Kirn
American Novelist
It's been a concern of mine for years that the mainstream media coverage of culture and politics takes place in two nodes, Washington and New York, and yet all the voting goes on somewhere else.
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Geddy Lee
Canadian Musician
Well, I've been lucky. I've never gotten a voice polyp. I've never gotten nodes. But I do get sick, usually every tour, and to varying degrees. Sometimes it's a sinusitis.
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Ryan Zinke
American Politician
If you find a node that you can penetrate, that you can eliminate, and draw more information for future operations, I think it's prudent to do.
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Reid Hoffman
American Businessman
I would have volunteered to work at Netscape. It was the center node of this new technology and the commercial ecosystem of the Internet.
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Niklaus Wirth
Swiss Scientist
The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.
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John Abizaid
American Soldier
I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.
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