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NODE (Lat. nodus, a loop)

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 731 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NEW-NUM
NODE (Lat. nodus, a loop) , i21 astronomy, one of two opposite points at which a heavenly
body
  passes through the
principal
  co-ordinate plane to which its motion is referred. In the case of the heavenly bodies this plane is commonly that of the
ecliptic
 , but, in
special
  cases, the plane through the origin parallel to the earth's
equator
 
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  • Late _Lat_aequator_from.html">EQUATOR (
    Late
      Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)
or the plane of a
planet
 's orbit is used. The ascending node is that at which the
body
  moves from the
south
  or negative towards the north or positive side of the plane. The moon's nodes are the points in which its path intercepts the plane of the
ecliptic
 . In the geometry of curves, a node is the name given to the loop formed by a continuous curve crossing itself, the point of crossing is termed a "
double
  point," and at it there are two non-coincident tangents to the curve; the remaining species of
double
  points, termed " acnode," " spinode " or "
cusp
 ," admits of two coincident tangents (see CURVE).


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