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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
Derived Forms
- ˈܲԳپDzԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲԳtDz· adjective
- t·ܲԳtDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of junction1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The scene stretched from the borough's town hall up to the road's junction with New Street.
The scene stretches from the borough's town hall up to the road's junction with New Street.
Police said the Lambeg Road is closed in both directions with diversions in place at the junctions with Bells Lane and River Road.
A dashcam video widely circulating online appears to show the moment the road caved in near a traffic junction.
Cowcaddens Road, which was already reduced to one lane each way, has been shut to all westbound traffic from its junction with Port Dundas Road and West Nile Street.
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