What does "junction" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "junction"?

Common synonyms include: articulation, conjunction, intersection, juncture, nexus, abutment.

Pronounced //ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən//.

//ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level

Noun

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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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an act of joining or adjoining things wordnet
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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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the place where two or more things come together wordnet
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A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
"The two rail lines meet at a major junction."

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something that joins or connects wordnet
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The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
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the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made wordnet
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The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
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the state of being joined together wordnet
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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."
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A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
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In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
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electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.