Meaning of முனை in English

A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary.
The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.
A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.
The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
A swelling.
The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.
A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.
An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.
To strike slightly; to tap.
To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.
To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
To fall on, or incline to, one side.
A light touch or blow; a tap.
A gift; a douceur; a fee.
A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.