Knots

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Knot may refer to:

• knot – a fastening or securing of linear material such as rope, by tying or interweaving
  • List of knots
  • Knotted rope or quipu, an Incan record-keeping device
  • Decorative knotwork in East Asia, including Chinese and Korean knots
  • Knots per sq cm, a measure of quality in hand-knotted carpets
  • Celtic knot, a decorative graphic representation of a knot

• knot (mathematics), an abstract representation of an interwoven linear object
  • knot theory, the study of mathematical knots
  • list of mathematical knots and links

• knot (speed) – a unit of speed equaling 1 nautical mile per hour (1.15 statute mph, or 1.852 km/h) But only through a medium such as air or water and not a speed over the ground. For example if a ship is doing 3 knots against a 3 knot current, the speed will register as 6 knots on the ships log, however, the vessel will not be making any speed over the ground.

• knot (wood), a mark left in timber by branches

In biology:

• Red Knot, a wading bird
• Great Knot, a wading bird
• Knotted marjoram, an herb related to oregano
• Knotted wrack, a seaweed
• Knotgrass or knotweed, a member of the buckwheat family

Knot may also refer to:

• the bulbus glandis, a part of the penis of a canine, in animal anatomy
• a knot garden, an elaborate interlace of tightly-clipped low hedging (see also parterre, history of gardening)
• a tight cluster or group, in statistics (see cluster sampling)
• a type of join, in figurative language, as in a marriage

See also

• Knott
• Knots Landing, an American soap opera

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