The Collaborative International Dictionary
Internode \In"ter*node`\, n. [L. internodium; inter between + nodus knot.]
(Bot.) The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise.
--H. Spenser.(Anat.) A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) A section of stem between two stem nodes. 2 (context technical English) Whatever lies between two nodes.
WordNet
n. a segment of a stem between two nodes
Wikipedia
Internode Pty. Ltd. is an Australian Internet service provider (ISP) which provides ADSL broadband Internet access, business-class access (Internode Business Connect), web hosting, co-location, Voice over IP, and a variety of related services.
Internode may refer to:
- Internode (botany), a portion of a plant stem between nodes
- Internode (ISP), an Internet service provider in Australia
- Internodal segment, a portion of a nerve fiber
Usage examples of "internode".
We therefore wished to ascertain whether the stem of a young plant, consisting of two internodes, together 3.
The basal internode, 2 inches in length, was cemented to a stick to prevent any possibility of its circumnutating.
For this column, for instance, for Internet it suggested internal (a word that I cannot find in any dictionary, American or British), internode, interknit, and underneath.