Knot (disambiguation)
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A knot
Knot
A knot is a method of fastening or securing linear material such as rope by tying or interweaving. It may consist of a length of one or several segments of rope, string, webbing, twine, strap, or even chain interwoven such that the line can bind to itself or to some other object—the "load"...

is a fastening in rope or interwoven lines.

Knot may also refer to:
  • Knot (unit), a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour
  • Knot (wood), a mark left in timber by the origin of branches
  • Knot (papermaking)
    Knot (papermaking)
    Knots are unwanted, lage, dark aggregates of wood fibres when making chemical pulp.Knots are incompletely cooked wood chips coming out of the digester. Their origin is often dense parts of branches, such as compression wood or timber knots – hence the name. Knots can also stem from...

    , an undigested clump of wood fibres in chemical paper pulp
  • KNOT
    KNOT
    KNOT and KNOT-FM are commercial radio stations in Prescott, Arizona, simulcasting to the Flagstaff-Prescott, Arizona, area. In August 2011, the stations dropped classic country and switched to a 1960s oldies format. Bo Woods, who worked at Los Angeles oldies station KRTH, 2002-06, is the program...

    , a radio station in Prescott, Arizona, United States
  • Knot (heraldry)

Mathematics

  • Knot (mathematics)
    Knot (mathematics)
    In mathematics, a knot is an embedding of a circle in 3-dimensional Euclidean space, R3, considered up to continuous deformations . A crucial difference between the standard mathematical and conventional notions of a knot is that mathematical knots are closed—there are no ends to tie or untie on a...

    , an abstract representation of an interwoven linear object
  • Knot (graph theory), a inescapable section of a directed graph
  • Knot (regression), points on a spline
  • Knot theory
    Knot theory
    In topology, knot theory is the study of mathematical knots. While inspired by knots which appear in daily life in shoelaces and rope, a mathematician's knot differs in that the ends are joined together so that it cannot be undone. In precise mathematical language, a knot is an embedding of a...

    , the study of mathematical knots

Archeology

  • Knot of Isis (tyet
    Tyet
    The tyet is an ancient Egyptian symbol of the goddess Isis; its exact origin is unknown. In many respects the tyet resembles an ankh, except that its arms curve down...

    ),symbol of wellfare/life.
  • Sacral knot,a Minoan
    Minoan civilization
    The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC. It was rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century through the work of the British archaeologist Arthur Evans...

     symbol of holiness,also appeared on the Minoan snake goddess
    Snake Goddess
    Snake Goddess, indicates figurines of a woman holding a snake in each hand found during excavation of Minoan archaeological sites in Crete dating from approximately 1600 BCE.It seems that the two elegant idols found in Knossos represented goddesses and by implication, the term 'snake goddess'...

    .

Biology

  • Red Knot
    Red Knot
    The Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...

    , a wading bird (simply called "Knot" in Europe)
  • Great Knot
    Great Knot
    The Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris, is a small wader. It is the largest of the calidrid species.Their breeding habitat is tundra in northeast Siberia. They nest on the ground laying about four eggs in a ground scrape. They are strongly migratory wintering on coasts in southern Asia through to...

    , a wading bird
  • Trigger point
    Trigger point
    Trigger points, also known as trigger sites or muscle knots, are described as hyperirritable spots in skeletal muscle that are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers. Trigger point practitioners believe that palpable nodules are small contraction knots and a common cause of...

     or knot, a small, hard, tender spot in a muscle
  • Bulbus glandis
    Bulbus glandis
    The bulbus glandis is an erectile tissue structure on the penis of canid mammals. During mating the tissues swell up and lock the male's penis inside the female. For domestic dogs the tie may last up to half an hour, though usually less....

    or knot, an erectile swelling on a canid penis

Media

  • The Knot
    The Knot
    The Knot is a 2006 Chinese film directed by Yin Li. It was China's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated....

    , a 2006 Chinese film
  • Knots (film)
    Knots (film)
    Knots is a comedy film written by Greg Lombardo and Neil Turitz. Directed by Lombardo, the film was screened at the Gen Art Film Festival in 2004 and premiered on cable television in 2005...

    , a 2004 film starring Scott Cohen and Annabeth Gish
  • "Knots" (film)
    Knots (film)
    Knots is a comedy film written by Greg Lombardo and Neil Turitz. Directed by Lombardo, the film was screened at the Gen Art Film Festival in 2004 and premiered on cable television in 2005...

    , a 2011 film starring Kimberly Rose-Wolter
  • Knots, a 1970 book of poetry by R. D. Laing
  • "Knots", a song by Gentle Giant
    Gentle Giant
    Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...


See also

  • Knott (disambiguation)
    Knott (disambiguation)
    Knott is a mountain in the northern part of the English Lake District.It may also refer to:* Knott, Texas, community in the state of Texas, United States* Knott County, Kentucky, county in the state of Kentucky, United States...

  • Celtic knot
    Celtic knot
    Celtic knots are a variety of knots and stylized graphical representations of knots used for decoration, used extensively in the Celtic style of Insular art. These knots are most known for their adaptation for use in the ornamentation of Christian monuments and manuscripts, such as the 8th-century...

    , a decorative graphic representation of a knot
  • Gordian Knot
    Gordian Knot
    The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem solved by a bold stroke :"Turn him to any cause of policy,...

    , a very complex knot in Ancient Greek mythology
  • Garlic knot, a bread appetiser in the shape of a knot
  • Knot garden
    Knot garden
    A knot garden is a garden of very formal design in a square frame, consisting of a variety of aromatic plants and culinary herbs including germander, marjoram, thyme, southernwood, lemon balm, hyssop, costmary, acanthus, mallow, chamomile, rosemary, Calendulas, Violas and Santolina...

    , an elaborate interlace of tightly-clipped low hedging
  • Knotted wrack
    Knotted wrack
    Ascophyllum nodosum is a large, common brown alga in the family Fucaceae, being the only species in the genus Ascophyllum. It is seaweed of the northern Atlantic Ocean, also known as rockweed, Norwegian kelp, knotted kelp, knotted wrack or egg wrack...

    , a seaweed
  • Knotgrass or knotweed, any of the plants in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae
  • Knotting, Bedfordshire
    Knotting, Bedfordshire
    Knotting is a small village in Bedfordshire, located near the border with Northamptonshire. Nearby places are, Sharnbrook, Podington, Odell, Melchbourne, Yielden, Newton Bromswold, Souldrop and Rushden over the border in Northamptonshire.-Population:...

    , a village in England
  • Knots Landing
    Knots Landing
    Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...

    , an American soap opera
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