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junction

[juhngk-shuhn]

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.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  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.

    Synonyms:


junction

/ ˈʌŋʃə /

noun

  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

    1. a contact between two different metals or other materials

      a thermocouple junction

    2. 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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • junctional adjective
  • interjunction noun
  • ˈܲԳپDzԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of junction1

First recorded in 1705–15; from Latin ܲԳپō- (stem of ܲԳپō ), equivalent to junct(us), past participle of jungere “to join” ( jung- join + -tus past participle suffix) + -ō- -ion
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of junction1

C18: from Latin ܲԳپō a joining, from junctus joined, from jungere to join
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Synonym Study

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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Crews were sent to the scene at the junction of Scott Street and South Street at about 01:30 and about 11 fire engines remained at the scene by 08:00.

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A cordon is in place at the front of the property on the Shore Road which is close to the junction with Donegall Park Avenue.

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Almost 70 structures - including more than 40 new bridges and a dozen new junctions - have been built as part of the upgrade.

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On Thursday, interior ministry police officers armed with Kalashnikov-style rifles and handguns went to a market near Gaza City's central al-Saraya junction, which houses a number of small stalls selling canned food and vegetables.

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Research has shown that the premotor and posterior parietal cortices, along with the temporoparietal junction, are active in the brain when we are locating or thinking about ourselves.

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