Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of joining or the condition of being joined.
- noun A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two roads or railway routes come together and one terminates.
- noun A transition layer or boundary between two different materials or between physically different regions in a single material, especially.
- noun A connection between conductors or sections of a transmission line.
- noun The interface between two different semiconductor regions in a semiconductor device.
- noun A mechanical or alloyed contact between different metals or other materials, as in a thermocouple.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or operation of joining; the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition: as, the junction of two armies or detachments.
- noun A place or point of union or meeting; especially, the point or locality where two or more lines of any kind come into union: as, a town
- noun Synonyms Connection, etc. See
union .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition
- noun The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross.
- noun (Boilers) a covering or break-join plate riveted to and uniting the edges of sheets which make a butt joint.
- noun (Railroads) the switch, or movable, rails, connecting one line of track with another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
joining , or the state of beingjoined . - noun A place where two things
meet , especially where tworoads meet. - noun The
boundary between twophysically different materials , especially betweenconductors ,semiconductors , ormetals . - noun nautical The place where a
distributary departs from themain stream .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- noun the state of being joined together
- noun something that joins or connects
- noun an act of joining or adjoining things
- noun the place where two or more things come together
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Just before the junction is an excellent roadside family-run restaurant, El Carrizal, where everything is cooked to order, well presented and the service is quick and friendly.
Loreto and San Javier: From Sun, Sand and Snorkeling to Museums, Missions and Mountains. 2008
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Just before the junction is an excellent roadside family-run restaurant, El Carrizal, where everything is cooked to order, well presented and the service is quick and friendly.
Loreto and San Javier: From Sun, Sand and Snorkeling to Museums, Missions and Mountains. 2008
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The junction is almost at the El Salto turn off and very near the La Canada restaurant.
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The junction is almost at the El Salto turn off and very near the La Canada restaurant.
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The junction is almost at the El Salto turn off and very near the La Canada restaurant.
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The junction is almost at the El Salto turn off and very near the La Canada restaurant.
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The junction is almost at the El Salto turn off and very near the La Canada restaurant.
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The junction is almost at the El Salto turn off and very near the La Canada restaurant.
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Dead fox junction is like, wildwest sort of thing?
dye trying nathreee 2010
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The junction is almost at the El Salto turn off and very near the La Canada restaurant.
lweber5@scf.edu commented on the word junction
Online Dictionary. He used the device as a junction between the branch circuit and the main power lines.
October 7, 2010