junction

The definition of a junction is a place where things join or cross.

(noun)

An example of a junction is where one highway crosses another.

See junction in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a joining or being joined
a place or point of joining or crossing, as of highways or railroads
an interface between materials having different characteristics, as the pn junction in a semiconductor or the boundary between two metals in a thermocouple

Origin: L junctio < jungere, to join

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See junction in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act or process of joining or the condition of being joined.
A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two roads or railway routes come together and one terminates.
A transition layer or boundary between two different materials or between physically different regions in a single material, especially:
a. A connection between conductors or sections of a transmission line.
b. The interface between two different semiconductor regions in a semiconductor device.
c. A mechanical or alloyed contact between different metals or other materials, as in a thermocouple.

Origin:

Origin: Latin iūnctiō, iūnctiōn-

Origin: , from iūnctus

Origin: , past participle of iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots

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