junction en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/
Etymology
From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.
Meanings
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The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.
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A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
Turn left at the next road junction.
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A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
The two rail lines meet at a major junction.
In the mid-1930s, when Stalin was looking to make a statement with his new Metro, he consulted Underground engineers, who offered advice to the Russian Minister in charge of the Metro project, Nikita Khrushchev. He was severely told: 'Don't have a Circle Line - too many flat junctions.' Moscow did build a circle line, but with flying junctions, by which one track goes over another.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 66:
- The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
- The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
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A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example.
2007, Gary Hudson, Sarah Rowlands, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook, page 336:Try to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions.
2010, Peter Stewart, Essential Radio Skills: How to Present a Radio Show:
- (qualifier:Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
- In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
- electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| junctions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
disjunction · separation · disunification · cleft · disjunct · disunion · dysjunction · malunion · misunion · disjoint
Deriveds
junction detector · neuromuscular junction · Wedderburn Junction · Junction Village · annular gap junction · Sterling Junction · gap junction · malfunction junction · junction point · burrowing junction · junction diode · Davis Junction · cavoatrial junction · diamond junction · Burren Junction · flat junction · Hopewell Junction · Seaton Junction · Verney Junction · microjunction · perijunction · junction transistor · junction box · abjunction · maljunction · depletion junction · Middleton Junction · Horbury Junction · Lostock Junction · cavo-atrial junction · flying junction · Oaklands Junction · Josephson junction · nanojunction · Methley Junction · Brunswick Junction · adherens junction · photojunction · ring junction · Effingham Junction · tight junction · p-n junction · Battersby Junction · Brownville Junction · homojunction · level junction · junction gate · spaghetti junction · junction nevus · junctionopathy · T-junction · Princeton Junction · Wood River Junction · Newton Junction · junction canal · McCool Junction · junction table · thermojunction · box junction · X-junction · Bondi Junction · Severn Tunnel Junction · Winona Junction · Monmouth Junction · junctional · Halwill Junction · cross junction · White River Junction · unijunction · junction tree · Archdale Junction · Grand Junction · Chard Junction · cell-cell junction · trijunction · Essex Junction · multijunction · Llandudno Junction · Millertown Junction · Junction City · cell junction · Yarra Junction · Holliday junction · junctionless · break junction · lossless junction · The Junction · Carstairs Junction · Clapham Junction · Langwith Junction · Apache Junction · Y-junction · Limerick Junction · heterojunction · dysjunction · Rainford Junction
Descendants
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
nexus · nerve center · hub · intersection
Relateds
intersection · disjointed · disjunctive normal form · disjunctive · dysjunctive · connection · disjoin · juncture · crossroad · link
Synonyms
conjunction · melding · combination · merger · unity · junction · union · juncture · unification · juncture · juncture · composite · fusion
Translations (98)
mr संगम (a place where two things meet) · de Kreuzung (a place where two things meet) · he צומת (a place where two things meet) · es yunción (electrical junction) · az qovşaq (a place where two things meet) · fur zontadure (the act of joining) · pt junção (the act of joining) · sh спо̑ј (the act of joining) · mr सांधा (a place where two things meet) · pt junta (a place where two things meet) · ru объедине́ние (the act of joining) · da knudepunkt (a place where two things meet) · nl samenkomst (the act of joining) · id sambungan (electrical junction) · ru соедине́ние (a place where two things meet) · ja for semiconductors 接合 (the boundary between two materials) · bg съединяване (the act of joining) · cy cysylltle (electrical junction) · vi giao điểm (a place where two things meet) · pt entroncamento (a place where two things meet) · nl naad (the boundary between two materials) · it giunzione (the act of joining) · de Kreuzung (the act of joining) · mi pūtahitanga (a place where two things meet) · nl las (the boundary between two materials) · da kobling (the act of joining) · hu kereszteződés (a place where two things meet) · it giunto (a place where two things meet) · ka შეერთების წერტილი (a place where two things meet) · de Knotenpunkt (a place where two things meet) · sw makutano (the act of joining) · ru соедине́ние (the act of joining) · cs křižovatka (a place where two things meet) · sv vägkors (a place where two things meet) · fi liitos (the act of joining) · it raccordo (the act of joining) · ms simpangan (electrical junction) · nl voeg (the boundary between two materials) · txb meske (a place where two things meet) · it incrocio (a place where two things meet) · cy cysylltiad (a place where two things meet) · cy cysylltiad (the act of joining) · nl aansluiting (a place where two things meet) · ja 合流点 (a place where two things meet) · ka შესართავი (a place where two things meet) · la iūnctiō (the act of joining) · es juntamiento (the act of joining) · mi tūtakitanga (a place where two things meet) · cy cysylltle (the boundary between two materials) · es empalme (electrical junction) · el ένωση (the act of joining) · bg съединение (a place where two things meet) · fi liitoskohta (a place where two things meet) · tr kesişim (a place where two things meet) · ga comhrac (a place where two things meet) · cy cyswllt (a place where two things meet) · sv knutpunkt (a place where two things meet) · pt junção (a place where two things meet) · ro joncțiune (the act of joining) · mi pūruatanga (a place where two things meet) · grc ἁρμογή (the act of joining) · it giunto (the act of joining) · bg свързване (the act of joining) · fr jonction (the act of joining) · es junción (electrical junction) · ru перекрёсток (a place where two things meet) · sh spȏj (the act of joining) · mi komititanga (a place where two things meet) · da sammenkobling (the act of joining) · fa پیوند (the act of joining) · ka შეერთება (the act of joining) · ga acomhal (a place where two things meet) · nn knutepunkt (a place where two things meet) · ja 接合 (the act of joining) · de Grenzzone (the boundary between two materials) · tr makas (place where railways meet) · it giunzione (a place where two things meet) · ka გაერთიანება (the act of joining) · da samling (the act of joining) · eo vojkruciĝo (place where railways meet) · es entronque (a place where two things meet) · nb knutepunkt (a place where two things meet) · es encrucijada (a place where two things meet) · ml കവല (a place where two things meet) · nl samenvloeiing (the act of joining) · mr जोड (a place where two things meet) · ja 接点 (the boundary between two materials) · nl knooppunt n verbindingspunt (a place where two things meet) · ru соедине́ние (the boundary between two materials) · nl aansluiting (the act of joining) · nl samenkomst (a place where two things meet) · it innesto (the act of joining) · cy cyffordd (place where railways meet) · ja ジャンクション (a place where two things meet) · la ambivium (a place where two things meet) · fr jonction (a place where two things meet) · es juntura (a place where two things meet) · hy հանգույց (a place where two things meet)