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junction
[juhngk-shuhn]
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.
Synonyms: , , ,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.
Synonyms:
junction
/ ˈʌŋʃə /
noun
a place where several routes, lines, or roads meet, link, or cross each other
a railway junction
a point on a motorway where traffic may leave or join it
electronics
a contact between two different metals or other materials
a thermocouple junction
a transition region between regions of differing electrical properties in a semiconductor
a 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
Other 51Թ Forms
- junctional adjective
- interjunction noun
- ˈܲԳپDzԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of junction1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Almost 70 structures - including more than 40 new bridges and a dozen new junctions - have been built as part of the upgrade.
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.
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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