(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:37:40

Ac"node (#), n. [L. acus needle + E. node.] Geom.

An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.

 

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