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junction.

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

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/
  1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.

    Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.
  2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

    Turn left at the next road junction.
  3. A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.

    The two rail lines meet at a major junction.
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/
  1. To form a junction.

    figuratively
    critical junction
    symbolic junction
Where this word comes from

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

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