Node and Hinge

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.

(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.

noun

• A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other.
  • synonyms: flexible joint
• A circumstance upon which subsequent events depend.
  • usage: "his absence is the hinge of our plan"

verb

• Attach with a hinge. .

• (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
• (v.t.) To bend.
• (n.) The hook with its eye or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
• (v.i.) To stand, depend, hang or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.
• (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north or south.
• (v.t.) To attach by or furnish with, hinges.