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mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m. 2.87 s.; the nodical month, or time of revolution from one node to the same again, in length 27 d. 5 h. 5 m. 36 s.; the sidereal, or time of revolution from a star to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the anomalistic, or time of revolution from perigee to perigee again, i…

Having many knots or nodes.

Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point. Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a state of vibration.

a certain curve of the third order having two branches which cross each other, forming a node.

Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon. Nodical month. See Lunar month, under Month.

Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.

The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness. Holland.

Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.

A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea. See Illust. under Brittle star.

st each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.

Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.

One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.

Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction. J. Q. Adams.

See Palinode. [Obs.] Wood.

A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.

The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms.

The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument.

ne of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.

Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.

g as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth.