Node and Back

node

noun

A connecting point at which several lines come together.
Any thickened enlargement.
- synonyms: knob, thickening
Botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge.
- synonyms: leaf node
Physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system. (
Astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane. (
The source of lymph and lymphocytes.
- synonyms: lymph node, lymph gland
Any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part.
Computer science. ( any computer that is hooked up to a computer network).
- synonyms: client, guest

(n.) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
(n.) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
(n.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.
(n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
(n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
(n.) The joint of a stem or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.
(n.) The knot, intrigue or plot of a piece.
(n.) A swelling.
(n.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
(n.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet or comet, intersects the ecliptic or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary.
(n.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet or comet, intersects the ecliptic or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary.
(n.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.
(n.) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
(n.) The knot, intrigue or plot of a piece.
(n.) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
(n.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
(n.) A swelling.
(n.) The joint of a stem or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.
(n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
(n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(DoD) An element of a system that represents a person, place, or physical thing.
(DoD) In communications and computer systems, the physical location that provides terminating, switching, and gateway access services to support information exchange.
(DoD) A location in a mobility system where a movement requirement is originated, processed for onward movement, or terminated.

Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.

back

noun

The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine.
- usage: "his back was nicely tanned"
- synonyms: dorsum
The side that goes last or is not normally seen.
- usage: "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
- synonyms: rear
The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer.
- usage: "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
- synonyms: rear
Football) a person who plays in the backfield. (
The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord.
- usage: "the fall broke his back"
- synonyms: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, rachis
The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book.
- usage: "the book had a leather binding"
- synonyms: binding, book binding, cover
The part of a garment that covers the back of your body.
- usage: "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
A support that you can lean against while sitting.
- usage: "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
- synonyms: backrest
American football. ( the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage)

verb

Be behind; approve of.
- usage: "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
- synonyms: endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
Travel backward.
- usage: "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
Give support or one's approval to.
- usage: "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
- synonyms: second, endorse, indorse
Cause to travel backward.
- usage: "back the car into the parking spot"
Support financial backing for.
- usage: "back this enterprise"
Be in back of.
- usage: "My garage backs their yard"
Place a bet on.
- usage: "Which horse are you backing"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
- synonyms: bet on, gage, stake, game, punt
Shift to a counterclockwise direction.
- usage: "the wind backed"
Establish as valid or genuine.
- usage: "Can you back up your claims"
- synonyms: back up
Strengthen by providing with a back or backing.

adjective

Related to or located at the back.
- usage: "the back yard"; "the back entrance"
Located at or near the back of an animal.
- usage: "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass"
- synonyms: hind, hinder
Of an earlier date.
- usage: "back issues of the magazine"

adverb

In or to or toward a former location.
- usage: "she went back to her parents' house"
At or to or toward the back or rear.
- usage: "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
- synonyms: backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards
In or to or toward an original condition.
- usage: "he went back to sleep"
In or to or toward a past time.
- usage: "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
- synonyms: backward
In reply.
- usage: "he wrote back three days later"
In repayment or retaliation.
- usage: "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"

(adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.
(v.i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
(n.) A garment for the back; hence, clothing.
(v.i.) To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
(v.i.) To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.
(n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish or lobster.
(v.i.) To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
(n.) An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.
(a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
(n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife or of a saw.
(n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.
(a.) Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
(n.) The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.
(adv.) To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.
(n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
(adv.) In, to or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
(v.i.) To get upon the back of; to mount.
(n.) The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.
(n.) A support or resource in reserve.
(a.) Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
(adv.) To a former state, condition or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.
(adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.
(n.) The part opposite to or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill or of a village.
(v.i.) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog.
(v.i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.
(adv.) (Of time) In times past; ago.
(v.i.) To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.
(adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words.
(adv.) Away from contact; by reverse movement.
(v.i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.
(adv.) In return, repayment or requital.
(n.) The upper part of a lode or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.
(adv.) In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.
(n.) A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
(v.i.) To place or seat upon the back.
(v.i.) To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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