junction
[ juhngk-shuhn ]
/ ˈdʒʌŋk ʃən /
noun
RELATED WORDS
juncture, crossing, intersection, confluence, terminal, gathering, alliance, tie-in, concatenation, seam, reunion, pivot, dovetail, union, conjugation, concourse, combine, attachment, meeting, node
Nearby words
- jun.,
- junagadh,
- junc.,
- juncaceous,
- junco,
- junction box,
- junction city,
- junction nevus,
- junction transistor,
- junctional epithelium
Origin of junction
SYNONYMS FOR junction
3. union, linkage, coupling; welt. 7. connection. 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.
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Examples from the Web 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
Word Origin for junction
C18: from Latin junctiō a joining, from junctus joined, from jungere to join
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junction
1711, "act of joining," from Latin iunctionem (nominative iunctio), noun of action from past participle stem of iungere "to join together" (see jugular). Meaning "place where things meet" first attested 1836, American English, originally in reference to railroad tracks.
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junction
[ jŭngk′shən ]
n.
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.
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