Knot (disambiguation)

A knot is a fastening in rope or interwoven lines.

Knot may also refer to:

Mathematics

• Knot (mathematics), an abstract representation of an interwoven linear object
• Knot (graph theory), an inescapable section of a directed graph
• Knot (regression), points on a spline
• Knot theory, the study of mathematical knots

Archaeology

• Knot of Isis (tyet), symbol of welfare/life.
• Sacral knot, a Minoan symbol of holiness; appeared on the Minoan snake goddess.

Biology

• Red knot, a wading bird (simply called "knot" in Europe)
• Great knot, a wading bird
• Trigger point or knot, a small, hard, tender spot in a muscle
• Bulbus glandis or knot, an erectile swelling on a canid penis

Arts and entertainment

• The Knot, a 2006 Chinese film
• The Knot, a 2012 film directed by Jesse Lawrence and starring Noel Clarke and Mena Suvari
• Knots (film), a 2004 film starring Scott Cohen and Annabeth Gish
• Knots (Sons of Noel and Adrian album), a 2012 album by Sons of Noel and Adrian
• Knots (Crash of Rhinos album), a 2013 album by Crash of Rhinos
• Knots, a 2011 film starring Kimberly-Rose Wolter
• Knots, a 1970 book of poetry by R. D. Laing
• Knots, a song by Gentle Giant
• Knots, band, Belcastro, J. Pinter

Other

• 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), an undigested clump of wood fibres in chemical paper pulp
• KNOT, a radio station in Prescott, Arizona, United States
• Knot (heraldry)
• Knot DNS, an open-source server program for the Domain Name System
• Knot, Nancowry, a village in India
• Cometary knot, sometimes called simply a "knot", a feature of planetary nebulae

See also

• Knott (disambiguation)
• Celtic knot, a decorative graphic representation of a knot
• Gordian Knot, a very complex knot in Ancient Greek mythology
• Garlic knot, a bread appetiser in the shape of a knot
• Knot garden, an elaborate interlace of tightly-clipped low hedging
• Knotted wrack, a seaweed
• Knotgrass or knotweed, any of the plants in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae
• Knotting, Bedfordshire, a village in England
• Knots Landing, an American soap opera
• Mary Untier of Knots, a Marian devotion