junction
junctions
The noun junction refers to a meeting or a joining of some kind. If you live at the junction of Main and State streets, then your house is where those two streets meet.
Junction often refers to the point where streets or railway lines come together, but it can describe other things that are joined, especially things that are in motion or transmit other things. For example, your body has nerve junctions — the places where your nerves come together. You may go swimming at the junction of two rivers. Junction can also refer to something that connects things, like a junction you use to connect electrical cords.
Definitions of junction
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an act of joining or adjoining things
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synonyms:
adjunction
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connection, connexion, joining
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
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connection, connexion, joining
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the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
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synonyms:
articulation, join, joint, juncture
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esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction
the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium
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connection, connexion, link
a connecting shape
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esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction
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the place where two or more things come together
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interchange
a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
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carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection
a junction where one street or road crosses another
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railway junction
a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross
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T-junction
a junction where two roads or pipes etc. meet to form a T
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circle, rotary, roundabout, traffic circle
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
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cloverleaf
an interchange that does not require left-hand turns
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corner, street corner, turning point
the intersection of two streets
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grade crossing, level crossing
intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
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spaghetti junction
a complicated highway interchange with multiple overpasses
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place, spot, topographic point
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
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the state of being joined together
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synonyms:
colligation, conjugation, conjunction
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anastomosis, inosculation
a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
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synapse
the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
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myoneural junction, neuromuscular junction
the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
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unification, union
the state of being joined or united or linked
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anastomosis, inosculation
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something that joins or connects
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synonyms:
conjunction
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contact, tangency
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
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joint
junction by which parts or objects are joined together
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barrier strip, junction barrier
a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs
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splice, splicing
a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together
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thermojunction
a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears
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ball-and-socket joint
a joint that can rotate within a socket
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butt, butt joint
a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
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breaker point, distributor point, point
a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
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electrical contact
contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another
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flexible joint, hinge
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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hinge joint, knuckle joint
a joint allowing movement in one plane only
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lap joint, splice
joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together
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miter, miter joint, mitre, mitre joint
joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
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mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon joint
a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other
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p-n junction
the junction between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor
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rabbet joint
a joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards
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scarf, scarf joint
a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end
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seam
joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
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short, short circuit
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
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sound bow
contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes
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pole, terminal
a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
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toggle joint
a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint
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tread
the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
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weld
a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
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contact arm, wiper, wiper arm
contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
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connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion
an instrumentality that connects
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