English Explanatory Dictionary

junction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
  2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
  3. A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
  4. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
  5. The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
  6. A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
  7. A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
  8. In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
  9. electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.
verb
  1. To form a junction.
name
  1. A village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.
  2. A city, the county seat of Kimble County, Texas, United States.
  3. A small town, the county seat of Piute County, Utah, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/ en-us-junction.ogg

Word forms

junction junctions junctioning junctioned

Etymology

From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.

Synonyms

combination composite conjunction fusion junction juncture melding merger unification union unity

Antonyms

cleft disjoint disjunct disjunction disunification disunion dysjunction malunion misunion separation

Related words

crossroad intersection juncture disjoin disjointed disjunctive disjunctive normal form dysjunctive connection link Junction City

Derived words

abjunction adherens junction annular gap junction Apache Junction Archdale Junction Battersby Junction Bondi Junction box junction break junction Brunswick Junction Burren Junction burrowing junction Carstairs Junction cavoatrial junction cavo-atrial junction cell-cell junction cell junction Chard Junction Clapham Junction cross junction Davis Junction depletion junction diamond junction dysjunction Effingham Junction Essex Junction flat junction flying junction gap junction Grand Junction Halwill Junction heterojunction Holliday junction homojunction Hopewell Junction Horbury Junction Josephson junction junctional junction box junction canal Junction City junction detector junction diode junction gate junctionless junction nevus junctionopathy junction point junction table junction transistor junction tree Junction Village Langwith Junction level junction Limerick Junction Llandudno Junction lossless junction Lostock Junction malfunction junction maljunction

Translations

Esperanto: vojkruciĝo Turkish: makas Welsh: cyffordd
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