junction

[ juhngk-shuhn ]

/ ˈdʒʌŋk ʃən /

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noun

an act of joining; combining.

the state of being joined; union.

a place or point where two or more things are joined, as a seam or joint.

a place or point where two or more things meet or converge.

a place or station where railroad lines meet, cross, or diverge.

an intersection of streets, highways, or roads.

something that joins other things together: He used the device as a junction between the branch circuit and the main power lines.

OTHER WORDS FOR junction

3 union, linkage, coupling; welt.

7 connection.

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Origin of junction

First recorded in 1705–15; from Latin junctiōn- (stem of junctiō ), equivalent to junct(us), past participle of jungere “to join” (jung- join + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion

synonym study for junction

7. Junction, juncture refer to a place, line, or point at which two or more things join. A junction is also a place where things come together: the junction of two rivers. A juncture is a line or point at which two bodies are joined, or a point of exigency or crisis in time: the juncture of the head and neck; a critical juncture in a struggle.

OTHER WORDS FROM junction

junc·tion·al, adjectivein·ter·junc·tion, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH junction

junction , juncture (see synonym study at the current entry)

Words nearby junction

jun, Junagadh, Junc., juncaceous, junco, junction, junctional epithelium, junction box, Junction City, junction nevus, junction transistor

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How to use junction in a sentence

Recently, a large number of intersections in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York were added to the program, bringing the total number of reporting junctions upwards of 22,000 across the US, Canada, and Europe.
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They have the added benefit that they can self-assemble into complex networks—not unlike those found in the brain—with the memristive junctions acting somewhat like synapses between neurons.
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As current passed through the network the memristive junctions switched on and off, altering the path the signal took.
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Memristive properties are also found at the junctions where silver nanowires overlap with each other, which has made them an increasingly popular target for neuromorphic engineers.
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That causes some synapses, the junctions between neurons, to wither.
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Few people outside Georgia had even heard of the regional railroad junction town before the start of the war.
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Toledo is a tough city, a factory town, a freight train junction, a lake steamer port.
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The vehicle landed and traveled another 82 feet before striking a telephone junction box.
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Easily overlooked at a road junction is a small hand-painted sign, Aout, 1944.
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Her friend asked her to meet her at a nearby junction, but disappeared.
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It was found afterwards that the rebels meant to fight the two British forces in detail before they could effect a junction.
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The upper block was left a little thicker, the junction or root of the neck necessitating this.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick
Parliament had sanctioned a junction, but not such a junction, the Midland said, as it was proposed to make.
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Trieste and Grz were taken; the junction with Marmont was speedily effected, and the combined forces hurried on towards Vienna.
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It lay three miles below town, at the junction of the north and south branches of Coldriver.
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British Dictionary definitions for junction

junction

/ (ˈdʒʌŋkʃən) /

noun

a place where several routes, lines, or roads meet, link, or cross each othera railway junction

a point on a motorway where traffic may leave or join it

electronics

a contact between two different metals or other materialsa thermocouple junction
a transition region between regions of differing electrical properties in a semiconductora p-n junction

a connection between two or more conductors or sections of transmission lines

the act of joining or the state of being joined

Derived forms of junction

junctional, adjective

Word Origin for junction

C18: from Latin junctiō a joining, from junctus joined, from jungere to join

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Medical definitions for junction

junction

[ jŭngk′shən ]

The act or process of joining or the condition of being joined.

A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two things come together and one terminates.

A transition layer or boundary between two different materials or between physically different regions in a single material.

Other words from junction

junc′tion•al adj.

junction

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