JUNCTION

junction, adjunction

(noun) an act of joining or adjoining things

junction

(noun) the place where two or more things come together

junction, conjunction

(noun) something that joins or connects

articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction

(noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation

(noun) the state of being joined together

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Junction

A village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.

A city, the county seat of Kimble County, Texas, United States.

A small town, the county seat of Piute County, Utah, United States.

An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.

Etymology

Noun

junction (plural junctions)

The act of joining, or the state of being joined.

A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.

(nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.

(rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.

(radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.

(computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.

(programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.

Synonyms

• (place where two things meet): intersection

Verb

junction (third-person singular simple present junctions, present participle junctioning, simple past and past participle junctioned)

(of roads or tracks) To form a junction.

Source: Wiktionary


Junc"tion, n. Etym: [L. junctio, fr. jungere, junctum, to join: cf. F. jonction. See Join.]

1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

2. The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross. Junction plate (Boilers), a covering or break-join plate riveted to and uniting the edges of sheets which make a butt joint.

– Junction rails (Railroads), the switch, or movable, rails, connecting one line of track with another.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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