Name given to the link of a rope, which when pulling the tips is tightened more. Unit of speed at sea or air equivalent to one nautical mile per hour i.e. 1852 meters per hour. In Orografía, it is the meeting place of several mountain ranges. lazada, link, union. Bulges of tree trunks, from which the branches come. Finger articulation. Plot, intrigue, climax of a play.