junction
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ʃən noun
1.
an act of joining; combining.
2.
the state of being joined; union.
3.
a place or point where two or more things are joined, as a seam or joint.
4.
a place or point where two or more things meet or converge.
5.
a place or station where railroad lines meet, cross, or diverge.
6.
an intersection of streets, highways, or roads.
7.
something that joins other things together: He used the device as a junction between the branch circuit and the main power lines.
Origin:
1705–15; < Latin junctiōn- (stem of junctiō), equivalent to junct(us), past participle of jungere to join (jung- join + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
1705–15; < Latin junctiōn- (stem of junctiō), equivalent to junct(us), past participle of jungere to join (jung- join + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
junc·tion·al, adjective
in·ter·junc·tion, noun
Synonyms
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.
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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World English Dictionary
junction (ˈdʒʌŋkʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a place where several routes, lines, or roads meet, link, or cross each other: a railway junction |
| 2. | a point on a motorway where traffic may leave or join it |
| 3. | electronics |
| a. a contact between two different metals or other materials: a thermocouple junction | |
| b. a transition region between regions of differing electrical properties in a semiconductor: a p-n junction | |
| 4. | a connection between two or more conductors or sections of transmission lines |
| 5. | the act of joining or the state of being joined |
| [C18: from Latin junctiō a joining, from junctus joined, from jungere to join] | |
| 'junctional | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
junction
1711, "act of joining," from L. junctionem (nom. junctio), noun of action from jungere "to join" (see jugular). Meaning "place where things meet" first attested 1841, originally in ref. to railroad tracks.
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Medical Dictionary
junction junc·tion (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.
junc'tion·al adj.
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Example sentences
Creative research and teaching increasingly occur at the junction between traditional disciplines.
But applying a large enough voltage causes electrons and holes to flow into the junction from opposite sides.
Power from all the joints is fed down a single umbilical cable to a junction on the seabed.
Two smaller cusps are usually found at the angles of junction of the larger.
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