节 — meaning in English
jiē
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English meaning
Senses
节 is used for these senses in English:
- knot A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- node (astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
knot — full definition
- noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
- noun A hard, tight lump in a muscle, or a tangled clump of hair.
- noun A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, used for ships and aircraft.
- verb To tie something into a knot.
node — full definition
- noun A device connected to a computer network, such as a server or workstation.
- noun A point in a data structure, graph, or tree where branches meet or connect.
- noun A small lump, knot, or swelling, including in medical or biological contexts.
- noun In physics, a point on a standing wave where the amplitude is at a minimum.