Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or process of joining or the condition of being joined.
- n. A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two roads or railway routes come together and one terminates.
- n. A transition layer or boundary between two different materials or between physically different regions in a single material, especially:
- n. A connection between conductors or sections of a transmission line.
- n. The interface between two different semiconductor regions in a semiconductor device.
- n. A mechanical or alloyed contact between different metals or other materials, as in a thermocouple.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or operation of joining; the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition: as, the junction of two armies or detachments.
- n. A place or point of union or meeting; especially, the point or locality where two or more lines of any kind come into union: as, a town at the junction of several rivers. The word is often used specifically in naming a place, otherwise unimportant, where two or more railroads meet.
- n. Synonyms Connection, etc. See union.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
- n. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
- n. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
- n. nautical The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition.
- n. The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- n. the state of being joined together
- n. something that joins or connects
- n. an act of joining or adjoining things
- n. the place where two or more things come together
Etymologies
- From Latin iūnctiō ("union, joining, uniting"), from iungō ("join, attach together"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin iūnctiō, iūnctiōn-, from iūnctus, past participle of iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Just before the junction is an excellent roadside family-run restaurant, El Carrizal, where everything is cooked to order, well presented and the service is quick and friendly.”
Loreto and San Javier: From Sun, Sand and Snorkeling to Museums, Missions and Mountains.
“Dead fox junction is like, wildwest sort of thing?”
“The junction is almost at the El Salto turn off and very near the La Canada restaurant.”
“The San Felipe-Ocampo junction is marked by a line of fruit and soft-drink stalls, many of which (in butterfly season) sell delicious granadas (pomegranates).”
“Whoops, that might cost you a few thousand dollars to reconnect if the junction is too far away!”
“The junction is about 12 kilometres west of Sombrerete along the main Durango road.”
“The junction is signed off Highway 1 just south of Loreto.”
Loreto and San Javier: From Sun, Sand and Snorkeling to Museums, Missions and Mountains.
“There are other hepatitis's out there Hep D (in junction with Hep B), Hep E, F and maybe G.”
“At another junction is gas for sale from a barrel and a tub.”
“Well, we had this really fancy BP station at the main junction in town.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘junction’.
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October Words-11337
During the month of October, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has a...
amplification, till, osmosis, osmoregulation, pinocytosis, junction, transduction, paralysis, afflicted, isotonic, diverse, entrenched and 48 more...
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connexion
link, joining, junction, concatenation, hookup, isthmus, ligament, articulation, node, tie, relation, intersection and 86 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Scrabble words which start with the l...
juvenile, juvenal, jutty, jute, jut, justness, justly, justle, justify, justice, juster, just and 534 more...
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kingrat47's Words
procrustean, devolution, cacophony, hippopotamus, crunch, beware, chortled, sibilant, subtle, undermine, acromegaly, acropolis and 645 more...
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nuwerdna's Words
smegma, defenestration, nubile, zeitgeist, stochastic, ergodic, stability, maudlin, recursion, aversion, agent, set and 239 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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just discourse
heteronormative, normative, praxis, intersectionality, transmigratory, transnationalism, triangulation, paradoxical, polemically, disputatively, moralizing, pedagogy and 20 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, J
jaggery, juju, jackanapes, jasper, jazzy, jostle, jaywalk, jerky, jawbone, jersey, jaw, junction and 83 more...
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Connection (state of being connected)
Words meaning state of being connected.
copula, link, connection, junction, union, ligation, conjunction, linkage, fusion, conjuncture, conjunct, bridge and 1 more...
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participation
parade, pare, parlay, parry, parure, apparatus, apparel, comprador, disparate, emperor, imperative, imperator and 86 more...
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Where the Streets Have a Name
In my life I've lived on an avenue, a drive, and uh, a park southwest. Maybe someday I can live on a mews.
street, avenue, lane, parkway, road, alley, drive, boulevard, mews, way, walk, court and 26 more...
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Bond or Link (noun)
Words meaning bond or link (noun).
vinculum, ligation, connection, junction, linkage, copula, union, colligation, fusion, juncture
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tkb
innervate, fusimotor, innervating, confluence, conflux, concurrence, divergence, junction
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Joint or Junction (condition)
Words related to joint or junction (condition).
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Action of Connecting or State of Bein...
Nouns meaning a action of connecting or state of being connected
ligation, conjunction, connection, colligation, conjugation, junction, union
Tweets
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lweber5@scf.edu Online Dictionary. He used the device as a junction between the branch circuit and the main power lines. Oct 6, 2010