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junctional
Variant of junction
junction
definition
junc·tion (juŋk′s̸hən)
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
Etymology: L junctio < jungere, to join
Related Forms:
- junctional junc′·tional adjective
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