Junction

Noun

 * 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.

Synonyms

 * (place where two things meet) intersection

Derived terms

 * depletion junction
 * junction box
 * junction canal
 * junction detector
 * junction diode
 * junction gate
 * junction nevus
 * junction table
 * junction transistor
 * p-n junction

Thesaurus
Anschluss, L, abutment, abuttal, access, accession, accompaniment, accord, accordance, accretion, addition, adherence, adhesion, adjacency, adjoiningness, adjunct, adjunction, affairs, affiliation, affinity, affixation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement, aisle, alley, alliance, amalgamation, ambulatory, annexation, aperture, apposition, approximation, appulse, arcade, artery, articulation, assemblage, assembly, assimilation, association, attachment, augmentation, avenue, blend, blending, bond, bracketing, branch, building, buildup, cabal, cable railway, cahoots, call-up, canvass, cartel, census, centralization, channel, cling, clinging, cloister, closeness, clotting, clustering, co-working, coaction, coagulation, coalescence, coalition, cog railway, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, coincidence, collaboration, collection, collectivity, colligation, collocation, collusion, colonnade, combination, combine, combined effort, combo, communication, compaction, comparison, composition, compound, concatenation, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concordance, concourse, concretion, concurrence, condensation, conduit, confederacy, confederation, confluence, conflux, congealment, congelation, congeries, conglobation, conglomeration, congregation, conjoining, conjugation, conjunction, connectedness, connection, consilience, consolidation, conspiracy, constitution, construction, conterminousness, contiguity, contrariety, convergence, cooperation, copulation, corralling, correspondence, corridor, coterminousness, coupling, covered way, crossroads, data-gathering, dealings, deduction, defile, disjunction, ecumenism, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, exit, fabrication, fashioning, federalization, federation, feeder, feeder line, ferry, filiation, ford, formation, fusion, gallery, gathering, getup, gravity-operated railway, homology, hookup, horse railway, inclusion, incorporation, increase, ingathering, inlet, inseparability, integration, interchange, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, intersection, intimacy, inventory, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, juncture, junta, juxtaposition, knotting, lane, league, liaison, light railroad, line, link, linkage, linking, main line, make, makeup, marriage, meeting, meld, melding, merger, merging, metro, mixture, mobilization, monorail, muster, mutual attraction, nearness, opening, organization, outlet, overpass, package, package deal, pairing, parasitism, pass, passage, passageway, perigee, perihelion, piecing together, portico, prefixation, propinquity, proximity, putting together, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railroad tunnel, railway, rapport, reinforcement, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, roadbed, roadway, rodeo, roundup, saprophytism, seam, set, setup, shaping, sidetrack, siding, similarity, simultaneity, solidification, splice, sticking, street railway, streetcar line, structure, structuring, subway, suffixation, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction, superposition, supplementation, survey, switchback, symbiosis, sympathy, synchronism, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synergy, synthesis, syzygy, terminal, terminus, tie, tie-in, tie-up, track, traject, trajet, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, tunnel, turnout, underground, underpass, unification, union, united action, uniting, wedding, yoking

Etymology
From iunctio:, from iungo:.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Dutch: samenkomst, samenvloeiing , aansluiting
 * French:
 * Greek: ένωση


 * Japanese: 接合
 * Latin:
 * Russian: (soedinenie),  (ob'edinenie)


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: knooppunt verbindingspunt, aansluiting , samenkomst


 * French: jonction
 * Japanese: 合流点, ジャンクション
 * Russian: (soedinenie)


 * Dutch:, ,
 * Japanese: 接点, for semiconductors 接合


 * Russian: (soedinenie)