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junction¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/

Rhymes with -ʌŋkʃən

Where it comes from

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

noun junctions

  1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined. Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.

    Similar: juncture

  2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet. Turn left at the next road junction.

    Similar: juncture

  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. Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example.
  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.

Similar: combination, composite, conjunction, fusion, junction, juncture, melding, merger, unification, union, unity · Opposite: cleft, disjoint, disjunct, disjunction, disunification, disunion, dysjunction, malunion, misunion, separation

verb junctions · junctioning · junctioned

  1. figuratively, of roads or tracks To form a junction. critical junction

Junction²

proper noun

  1. A village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.
  2. A city, the county seat of Kimble County, Texas, United States.
  3. A small town, the county seat of Piute County, Utah, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: adjunction, conjunction, joint, meeting, join, juncture, confluence, articulation, connection, connectivity, consolidation, link, connector, union, jointly, linkage

noun

Similar: combination, composite, conjunction, fusion, junction, juncture, melding, merger, unification, union, unity · Opposite: cleft, disjoint, disjunct, disjunction, disunification, disunion, dysjunction, malunion, misunion, separation

Translations

Every language

noun the act of joining

Españoljuntamiento
日本語接合 setsugō
Kiswahilimakutano
Portuguêsjunção
Françaisjonction
DeutschKreuzung
Italianogiunzione, giunto, raccordo, innesto
Ελληνικάένωση énosi
Românăjoncțiune
Русскийсоедине́ние sojedinénije, объедине́ние obʺjedinénije

noun a place where two things meet

Españoljuntura, entronque, encrucijada
日本語合流点 gōryūten, ジャンクション jankushon
Portuguêsjunção, junta, entroncamento
Françaisjonction
DeutschKreuzung, Knotenpunkt
Italianoincrocio, giunto, giunzione
Русскийсоедине́ние sojedinénije, перекрёсток perekrjóstok
Tiếng Việtgiao điểm
עבריתצומת tsomet

noun the boundary between two materials

日本語接点 setten, for semiconductors 接合 setsugō
DeutschGrenzzone
Русскийсоедине́ние sojedinénije

noun electrical junction

Españoljunción, yunción, empalme

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@misc{junction_2026,
  title = {junction},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/junction},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}