Junction

/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
3. (rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
4. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
5. (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
6. (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
7. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
8. (programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.

Example Sentences

Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.

Turn left at the next road junction.

The two rail lines meet at a major junction.

In the mid-1930s, when Stalin was looking to make a statement with his new Metro, he consulted Underground engineers, who offered advice to the Russian Minister in charge of the Metro project, Nikita Khrushchev. He was severely told: 'Don't have a Circle Line - too many flat junctions.' Moscow did build a circle line, but with flying junctions, by which one track goes over another.

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

Try to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions.

critical junction

symbolic junction

Synonyms for junction

Antonyms for junction

Related Words

Word Forms

• junctions
• junctioning
• junctioned

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