English Online Dictionary. What means junction? What does junction mean?
English
Etymology
From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/
- Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən
Noun
junction (plural junctions)
- The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
- A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
- (rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
- The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
- (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
- (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
- (programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
- (electronics) electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.
Synonyms
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Antonyms
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bengali: জংশন (joṅśon)
- → Japanese: ジャンクション
Translations
See also
- crossroad
- intersection
- juncture
Verb
junction (third-person singular simple present junctions, present participle junctioning, simple past and past participle junctioned)
- (of roads or tracks) To form a junction.