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junction

/ˈdʒʌŋkʃən/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
  2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
  3. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
  4. The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
  5. A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
  6. A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
  7. (of roads or tracks) To form a junction.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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