How to say "node" in Japanese

• 結節けっせつCommon
  suru verb, no-adjectiveCovers 'node' in the physical, especially medical sense—a knot or nodule such as a swelling in the body. This is the usual choice when 'node' refers to a lump or lesion.
• ノード
  nounThe loanword, covering 'node' in technical senses such as a node in a network, graph, or data structure. For computing and telecommunications, this is typically the word you want.
• 節点せってん
  nounMatches 'node' and 'nodal point', and is used mainly in physics and engineering for points such as wave nodes where vibration or amplitude is zero. Seldom the everyday word for 'node'.
• 結節点けっせつてん
  nounGlossed as 'focal point', 'nodal point', or 'node'; like 節点, it is primarily a technical term for a nodal or focal point in specialized contexts. Rarely the word for ordinary senses of 'node'.

Choose 結節 for medical/anatomical 'node'; 「ノード」 for technical and general senses; use 節点 or 結節点 mainly in physics and engineering contexts where 'nodal point' is meant.

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• 結節けっせつknot
• ノードnode
• 節点せってんnode
• 結節点けっせつてんfocal point
• 節ふしnode (of a plant stem)
• 節せつnode (of a plant stem)